On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 08:12:36PM -0600, sean hendershot wrote: > Hello,
Hello, > When I try to start X as a non-root user I get the following message: > > X: warning; nice() of process failed: Operation not permitted > > Fatal server error: > Cannot open log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > > Starting X as root works fine. X4.0.2 is from progeny beta3. > All other versions have worked fine. Any help would be appreciated. > > Please cc: me, I am not on this list. try this: - edit your /etx/X11//Xwrapper.config and change the line allowed_users=root into allowed_users=console - or, this is the same: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and choose console when it ask for permissions to start X Nicolas Bertolissio. --
