Subject: Re: non-root use TGA X server
To: Harry W. Waddell <waddell@caravan.com>
From: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 07/02/1996 17:53:59
> So far, I've had great luck setting up three multias using the
> current disk image.

Good to hear...

> But, the Xserver gets a "no screens found" error when anyone other than 
> root stries to start X. I made the Xserver and startx setuid as a test, but no luck.

sounds like something else is wrong...


some questions:

I assume the kernel properly finds tga[something] at pci0 ... etc?

I've never used startx; you might try xinit...

	can you redirect all output (stdout and stderr)
	into a file, and see if there are any useful messages
	in that? 

	what is your login tty, when you log in on console?
	(say 'tty'.)

	what are the perms on your login tty and /dev/mouse?


Other than that, I can't think of anything...  my setup looks like:

	login tty when I log in on colse == /dev/ttyE0, perms 620 cgd:tty
	perms on /dev/mouse are 666 root:wheel

in my setup, neither xinit nor the X server itself are set-id, and all
works nicely.



chris