Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 tko@westgac3.dragon.com wrote:
> Karsten Bolding writes:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Just installed a new machine and updated my old one, so same versions on both.
> >
> > When I try to start x (startx) as a normal user on the new machine I get:
> [snip]
> > Fatal server error:
> > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root
> >
> >
> > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> > the full server output, not just the last messages
> >
> > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > giving up.
> > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> >
> > Now I wonder what permissions and where I have to make changes.
>
> Easily fixed. Go into /usr/X11R6/bin and ....
> 1) delete X
> 2) Make a link to the X server that you have chosen: ln -s ./XF86_SVGA X
I may be wrong, but is X not a wrapper program that is supposed to be
suid root?
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