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Re: Cannot run X as non-root user



> > OsVendorInit: can't open keyboard: Permission denied
> ...
> >  startx as root works fine, and I have been unable to determine
> >  where the permissions problem is. I followed INSTALL.X11 by the
> >  book, so hold your flames, please.
> 
> You want to use the "Xwrapper" wrapper around Xamiga, afaik, instead of
> the direct Xamiga. 
> 
> The server nowadays refuses to run setuid root, so you cant access 
> the necessary devices.

 I'm running X through startx, which, as far as I can find out, runs
 xinit, which runs Xwrapper, which runs X, which is a link to Xamiga.




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