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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6549 ; Sun, 10 Jan 93 21:10:38 EST Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9865 comp.windows.x.i386unix:252 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!matt.ksu.ksu.edu!news From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: xfree86 only works for root? Date: 13 Jan 1993 04:15:36 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 29 Message-ID: <1j0q48INNmq1@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> References: <MfIsYa600WBMM8XVtb@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alex R.N. Wetmore) writes: >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 Xterm should be installed set-uid. This is so it can grab the pty master/slave pair and chown them to you. Also, it allows for it to update /etc/utmp. To set it up correctly, issue the following command as root: chmod 4755 <whatever path you have for xterm>/xterm James