>>>>> "S" == Stefan Roters <stefan.roters@gmx.de> writes:
S> To: newbie@XFree86.Org
S> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:08:59 +0200 (MEST)
S> Hello,
S> I have updated my FreeBSD 4.5 to Xfree86 4.2 using Xinstall.sh!
S> Now, I can't use startx at my user account. I always receive the
S> fatal server error: Xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with
S> root permissions. How can I solve this problem?
Most simple way is to find where your Xserver routine resides
( usually it's /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ) and make it set-uid root, i.e.:
# chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
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