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Re: No config file found?!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel P Kamalic)
Sat Feb 3 14:35:29 1996
From: Daniel P Kamalic <pocky@MIT.EDU>
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Daniel P Kamalic <pocky@MIT.EDU>, netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 03 Feb 1996 06:58:49 EST."
<199602031158.GAA02464@lola-granola.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 14:31:10 EST
> > To my dismay, X does not load at startup and I get the following
> > message:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > No config file found!
> > Note, the X server no longer looks for XF86Config in $HOME
>
> Resolved.
>
> Conclusion: thou shalt start X as root.
>
> --jhawk
In addition, thou shalt be sure to start x as root after changing the dm line
in /etc/ttys to on. Thou shalt not take the failure to startx as root before
changing this line to mean that thou shalt not startx as root.
-pocky
