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DISCUSSION Andrey V. Romanchev 3 participants 3 messages Jan 13, 2004

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XFree86 must permissions rws--x--x. XFree86 is found in /usr/X11R6/bin.

Quoted 19 lines · Andrey V. Romanchev

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log:

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root

What's wrong?

Thanks.

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Quoted 2 lines · Flemming Greve Skovengaard

XFree86 must permissions rws--x--x. XFree86 is found in /usr/X11R6/bin.

... or you can use Xdm to start the server (runlevel 4 on Slackware and 5 on others)

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Quoted 11 lines · Andrey V. Romanchev

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log:

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root

What's wrong?

Thanks.

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4168.08 BogoMIPS                         Is like cancer to their bones
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