Re: Unidentified subject!

["Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg tebenet nl>]

>Hi,

>I installed a new video card and a new Xfree86 server for the s3 >virge.
Now
>when I run startx, it runs fine when running as root but I get
>"xf86OpenConsole: server must be suid root" as a fatal error when >running
as
>any other user.  I searched dejanews for this and got others with the >same
>problem but no solution posted.  Does anybody have an >.experiences with
this
>problem?


It is giving you the solution !!!!
If you're NOT root, then it can't set the screen mode.

Solutions :

1) Make the X server SUID root

2) Install a wrapper program.

>.shawn




            Igmar