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mazingaz

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Registered: 2007-06-19

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] startx failuer as a user

I just finished installing arch linux with openbox.
When i execute "startx" as user it gives me the following error msg

Fatal Server Error:
Cannot move old log file ("/var/log/Xorg.0.log" to " /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old"
given up.
xinit: connection refused (errno111)

however when i "startx" as the "su" it works fine.
what do i need to do in order to exec startx as reg., user?

Last edited by mazingaz (2007-06-20 14:33:47)

PainAuple

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Registered: 2007-06-19

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] startx failuer as a user

I had the exact same error as you (See where I posted this same topic mere minutes after you did, haha). I fixed it by doing a
# chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg

unixlust

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From: Sebes, Romania

Registered: 2007-01-12

Posts: 31

Re: [SOLVED] startx failuer as a user

This is a pacman 3.0.5 bug and has already been reported here: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7461

geek.arnuld

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From: INDIA

Registered: 2007-05-03

Posts: 135

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Re: [SOLVED] startx failuer as a user

I had the exact same error as you (See where I posted this same topic mere minutes after you did, haha). I fixed it by doing a
# chmod u+s /usr/bin/Xorg

that solves my problem too :-)

in order to keep fools away from removing your "/usr/bin/Xorg" file make sure you do this after changing permissions: 

 chmod -c 755 /usr/bin/Xorg

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