Re: X not allowed by user other than root

["Carlo U. Segre" <segre@charlie.acc.iit.edu>]

On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Carlo U. Segre wrote:

> Hello All:
> 
> I just upgraded to the latest 1.1 packages of X and found that I can no 
> longer run X as a user other than root.  If I use xdm, I just get kicked 
> back to the login screen.  If I run startx, the X-server just shuts down 
> with no diagnostic messages.
> 
> The /etc/X11/Xserver file is NOT set to `RootOnly' so this cannot be the 
> problem.  It is set to `Console' which is the correct setting as far as I 
> know.  The permissions on `X' and `XF86_S3' are Ok for all to execute 
> with only `X' as suid root.
> 
  Further information:

the ~/.xsession_errors file has the following line in it:

exclusive open for tmp_name failed in m4_defs: Permission denied


I don't know if this is relevant, but it does not appear in 
/root/.xsession-errors.  I also checked my disk usage, since, as one of 
you pointed out, X is not allowed if there is not enough disk space 
free.  This is not a problem since I have more than 20MB free and I think 
that this feature kicks in at a much lower level.

Thanks

Carlo




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