On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Nagle, Adrian wrote:
> I've recently installed the latest XFREE86 server. I think I've finally
> have everything installed with two problems left.
>
> Everything was installed with only root permissions so the server was
> working fine in root, but not in my user account. So I "chmod -R 755 *" in
> the /usr/X11R6 directory. I think I had my user account working, briefly
> and mucked around. Now I get an error:
ack! it seems to me that you recursively set permissions to 755 on
binaries that had (and needed) their suid bits set (effectively removing
them). You need to find out which binaries in that directory need to be
u+s
-peace
>
> [BEGIN ERROR]
> XFree86 Version 3.3.3 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: November 16 1998
> 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: Linux 2.0.35 i686 [ELF]
> Configured drivers:
> SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
> NV1, STG2000, RIVA128, RIVATNT, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i,
> ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p,
> [...LONG LIST...]
> ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2x00, p9100, spc8110, 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
>
>
> _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.
> [END ERROR]
>
> It seams I screwed up a permissions somewhere. Incidentally, when
> installing such things, what permissions do you folks set the installation
> to? Was "chmod -R 755 *" the wrong approach?
>
> The other problem is what the default server is. I want to use the
> accelerated server at 1280x1024 resolution, but I can't find out how to do
> that. I'm guessing it's using the VGA server at a very large resolution?
> But I have /usr/X11R6/X -> XFREE86_SVGA for my S3 ViRGE/VX card. ctrl-alt-+
> doesn't do anything either.
>
> Thanks for everyone's help. It seams I didn't understand my initial X setup
> as I thought I did.
>
> Adrian
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