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From: aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alex R.N. Wetmore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: xfree86 only works for root?
Message-ID: <MfIsYa600WBMM8XVtb@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:14:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MfIsYa600WBMM8XVtb
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I have gotten xfree86 to work on my machine (640x480x2 only, but its
better than nothing).  Anyway, it will only work if I am logged in as
root.  Without running as root the server comes up and then gives this
message:
  "xterm: Error 14, errno 13: Permission denied"

The permissions on xterm are:
  -rwxr-xr-x    1 19593      565248 Oct  1 00:57 xterm*

Any ideas?  Also, where can I get the X386 faq?  I haven't seen it on
any of the linux or bsd sites.  And finally, does anyone have the
dot-clocks for a pvga1 running in 800x600?  Are there any plans in the
future to support using more than 64k of memory for the X386mono server?
 It would be nice to get a large virtual screen in 800x600 mode (I
should be able to get 1600x1200 with 256k of memory).

thanks,
alex