Subject: Re: error message starting X help
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/27/2001 09:50:19
Rene> OsVendorInit
Rene> X: open kbd/mouse: No such file or directory
Rene> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
.....
Rene> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
Rene> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
 
See the old mail I wrote
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:32:40 +0900
Message-Id: <19991031193240N.makoto@ki.nu>
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I may be wrong, but there is three ways to get arround this
error messages, I believe.

(1) run xdm at machine startup ( maybe at /etc/rc.local )
see man xdm for detail.
   This is the most recommended way.

(2) setuid Xserver
makoto@harry  19:24:34/991031(~)> ls -lL /usr/X11R6/bin/X
-r-xr-xr-x  1 bin  bin  2162516 Jan 19  1999 /usr/X11R6/bin/X*
    I did not take this way, sorry. ( I am running 1.3J yet.)

(3) change /dev/ws* device permission

I took this, but this is not the best solution.
makoto@harry  19:24:38/991031(~)> ls -l /dev/*ws*
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  36, 0 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wskbd0
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  36, 1 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wskbd1
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  36, 2 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wskbd2
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  36, 3 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wskbd3
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  37, 0 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wsmouse0
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  37, 1 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wsmouse1
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  37, 2 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wsmouse2
crw-rw----  1 root  wheel  37, 3 Feb 19  1999 /dev/wsmouse3
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(Makoto Fujiwara)