Bug 22746

Summary:	X command does not work properly
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Sebastiaan <bas>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	7.0
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Description Sebastiaan 2000-12-22 15:59:15 UTC

When startx command is used the default windowmanager loads.
When the X command is used to start X windows no windowmanager loads.
Root can use startx, normal users must use the X command which leaves X-
windows unavailable for normal users.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2000-12-22 16:51:26 UTC

This is behaving as normal. X *just* starts the X server.

Why do you say that normal users can't use startx - that's not the case.

Comment 2 Sebastiaan 2000-12-22 18:10:31 UTC

Because this is the error i get when I try to run startx as a normal user:

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!

Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2000-12-22 21:46:59 UTC

It looks like your symlink in /usr/X11R6/bin is wrong. What does
/usr/X11R6/bin/X point to?

Comment 4 Sebastiaan 2000-12-23 13:24:39 UTC

[/usr/x11r6/bin/]
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Dec 22 16:15 X -> Xwrapper
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3147364 Dec 22 15:37 XF86_SVGA
-rwx--x--x    1 root     root      1538632 Aug 30 21:55 XFree86
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2001 Aug 30 21:54 startx

[/etc/X11/]
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 Dec 22 15:38 X -
> ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        14031 Dec 22 15:39 XF86Config

Comment 5 Bill Nottingham 2000-12-24 04:39:37 UTC

Odd. Is /usr/X11R6/bin/Xwrapper setuid root, and do you have an
/etc/pam.d/xserver file?

Comment 6 Sebastiaan 2000-12-24 13:37:35 UTC

I did a standard GNOME Workstation install.
I don't know what setuid is, here is some more information:

[/etc/pam.d/xserver]
#%PAM-1.0
auth       sufficient   /lib/security/pam_rootok.so
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_console.so
account    required     /lib/security/pam_permit.so

[/usr/X11R6/bin/]
-rws--x--x    1 root     root         6024 Aug 30 21:55 Xwrapper

Comment 7 Mike A. Harris 2001-01-03 07:25:48 UTC

Please cut and paste the exact output of the "startx" command when
ran as a normal user.

Comment 8 Sebastiaan 2001-01-03 13:45:12 UTC

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!

Comment 9 Mike A. Harris 2001-03-23 06:14:44 UTC

It seems as though you have improper permissions on some files in your system.
I cannot reproduce this locally.  Make sure the permissions on your device
files, are correct, and also use "rpm -Va" to verify the permissions, etc on
the rest of your system.  In particular make sure the setuid bit is set on
Xwrapper like is suggested above.