attwool@exocet.enet.dec.com (Justyn K Attwool) (03/22/91)
Machine: RS6000 Is it normal for ONLY the root user to be able to start up 'xinit' ?, I hope its not, I've added users and choosen their startup environment using SMIT, but if i login to the newly created account I get an error message which reads... 'Unable to start X server' The only way i can correct this is then going into superuser mode then issuing the xinit program. The protection on the files 'xinit' and 'X' look ok... are there any other files I should check ? I've been having this problem ever since I've got this machine.. two weeks ago... I'm starting to think we have a general installation problem, ... the hire company did the installation. Since other problems include: InfoManager core dumping/hanging, with memory allocation failures infoManager pages containing binary characters.. man ls - this command coredumps... Justyn Good points are.. That I've got AIX NCS RPC software to talk with DEC's UCX and Ultrix NCS RPC software.
scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) (03/25/91)
In article <1991Mar22.131041.10327@hollie.rdg.dec.com> attwool@exocet.enet.dec.com () writes: >Machine: RS6000 > > Is it normal for ONLY the root user to be able to start up 'xinit' ?, I >hope its not, > I've added users and choosen their startup environment using SMIT, but >if i login to > the newly created account I get an error message which reads... > 'Unable to start X server' > Did you install this system from a image backup? This seems to happen to systems installed (or re-installed) from backups. The problem is that some entries in /dev get recreated in such a way to only root can access them. Its been a while since this happened to me, but I think the offending entry was the one for /dev/tty - it was writable only by root, but needs to be world writable. - Scott -- This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Scott Holt Internet: scott@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Tech UUCP: ..!gatech!prism!scott Office of Information Technology, Technical Services
robin@pensoft.UUCP (Robin Wilson) (03/27/91)
In article <1991Mar22.131041.10327@hollie.rdg.dec.com> attwool@exocet.enet.dec.com () writes: > Is it normal for ONLY the root user to be able to start up 'xinit' ?, I >hope its not, > I've added users and choosen their startup environment using SMIT, but >if i login to > the newly created account I get an error message which reads... > 'Unable to start X server' Uh... did you by chance install over the network, or do an update over the network? This is the problem: the device "/dev/tty" has the wrong permissions. To correct the problem: chmod 666 /dev/tty There was a problem with one of the old updates that caused the "/dev/tty" device to get the wrong permissions set, and install over the network used to cause the same thing, but resetting the permissions clears it right up. > InfoManager core dumping/hanging, with memory allocation failures > infoManager pages containing binary characters.. > man ls - this command coredumps... What is your "LANG" set to. Try the following command: echo $LANG. It should be either "En_US" or "C". Next check the "/usr/lpp/info/data" directory. The "ispaths" and "ispaths.full" files should be the same size (if your using the cdrom, or if info is fully installed on your disk). (BTW, I am assuming that you mean "InfoExplorer" and not "InfoManager". If you really mean "InfoManager" I've never heard of it, so none of the above applies.) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |The views expressed herein, are the sole responsibility of the typist at hand| +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |UUCP: pensoft!robin | |USNail: 701 Canyon Bend Dr. | | Pflugerville, TX 78660 | | Home: (512)251-6889 Work: (512)343-1111 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+