On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Karsten Bolding writes: > > > > Hi > > > > Just installed a new machine and updated my old one, so same versions on > > both. > > > > When I try to start x (startx) as a normal user on the new machine I get: > [snip] > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root > > > > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > > the full server output, not just the last messages > > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > > giving up. > > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > > > Now I wonder what permissions and where I have to make changes. > > Easily fixed. Go into /usr/X11R6/bin and .... > 1) delete X > 2) Make a link to the X server that you have chosen: ln -s ./XF86_SVGA X
I may be wrong, but is X not a wrapper program that is supposed to be suid root? See /usr/doc/debian.README :---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ -----------------: : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : :-------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ -------------: -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
