xinit: "xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions"

[Scott W]

Brunoc at quipo.it wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just installed a port (fluxconf).That port installed Xfree86 Libraries 4.3.0.
>Since then,when I invoke xinit, it exits with the error
>"xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions"
>I include the output of 'uname -a' and 
>the brief output from xinit for the problem
>
>Thank you very much
>Bruno
>
>bruno at ciao (/dev/ttyp0) /usr/home/bruno 2>> uname -a
>FreeBSD ciao.singles.it 4.9-RC FreeBSD 4.9-RC #0: Wed Oct 15 00:12:26 CEST 2003     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CURRENT_WINE  i386
>
>bruno at ciao (/dev/ttyp0) /usr/home/bruno 2>>xinit
>
>XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
>(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
>Release Date: January 8 2000
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
>Operating System: FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE i386 [ELF] 
>Configured drivers:
>  SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
>      NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
>      RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
>      GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
>      ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
>      ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
>      wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
>      sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
>      sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
>      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
>      tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
>      tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
>      tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
>      cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
>      clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
>      clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
>      clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
>      clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
>      mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
>      oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
>      ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
>      ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_savage,
>      s3_virge, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
>      ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
>      ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
>      ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
>      i810, i810-dc100, i810e, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
>
>Fatal server error:
>xf86OpenConsole: Server must be running with root permissions
>You should be using Xwrapper to start the server or xdm.
>We strongly advise against making the server SUID root!
>
>
>When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>the full server output, not just the last messages
>
>X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>=== bruno at searchingjob (/dev/ttyp0) /usr/home/bruno 3>>exit
>
>Script done on Thu Oct 30 10:40:19 2003
>  
>

You should be starting X via the 'startx' command if you're not using 
runlevel 5/[xgk]dm.  Try that and see if the same problem persists.

Scott

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