cant run x when not root

scrllock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

well, i can run twm, but thats it. whenever i try to run kdm as a non-root user, it says something about preferring that root run it. And when I run kdm as root, then login to fluxbox as a non-root user none of my settings are there...

rac · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2002 11:16 pm Post subject:

How are DISPLAYMANAGER and XSESSION set up in /etc/rc.conf?
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scrllock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

let me check...

DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm

XSESSION=fluxbox

so hows that?

nepenthe · Guru Joined: 14 Jul 2002 Posts: 317 Location: Sanford, ME

also having same problem...

Zaxon · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 12:19 am Post subject:

I will be honest i don't know much about userpermissions and such, but if ou create a user using superusermod(or something close to that) there is an ebuild to it, the user is allowed to use all x related stuff and most programs. Not sure if you have already done this. Hope it is of any help. And to be able to su to root add you user to wheel.
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scrllock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

thanks i just made a new user, and that fixed it. thanks a lot.

Kawada · Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2002 2:13 am Post subject:

You are not actually supposed to run kdm (or xdm or gdm etc.) as anything but root. What you do is either set up kdm to start at login (set DISPLAYMANAGER to kdm in rc.conf and do rc-update add xdm default) or you run kdm as root. If you want to run an X session as a nonroot user, you login as that user through the kdm login screen, but you would still start kdm as root.
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scrllock · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 102

yes, i know that. It was just that after i started kdm as root, and i then logged in as scrllock, the only thing i could do in flux was xterm. i could have done it manually, but te superadduser really helped. thanks.