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Re: Newbie: Xsun cannot open /dev/kbd error 13



Yes, it is working now.  I don't remember everything i did, but i think
the main things were setting permissions on /dev/kbd and /dev/fb*.

Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> 
> "Charles Hawkins" <ce@dabney.com> writes:
> 
> > > > When i try to run Xsun or startx i get:
> > > > Fatal server error: Cannot open /dev/kbd, error 13
> 
> > Thanks, Lerale and others who responded.  In searching the archives i
> > found the messages about being able to run as root but not as a user.  I
> > hadn't tried to run as root but that does work.  I suppose that means it
> > is a permissions issue and i should be able to figure it out from there.
> > Of course, it would be nice if the installation would handle things like
> > that.
> 
> Did you ever solve this?  If you let us know exactly what was wrong
> maybe we can fix it...
> 
> --
> .....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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