 Why can I only start X as root? X needs to be run with root
privileges to access the graphics hardware. You need to turn on
the setuid bit on the X server program to allow normal users to
run X. To do this, type the following as root:    cd
/usr/bin/X11    chmod 4511 Xpmac-6.3 You may need to change
Xpmac-6.3 to Xpmac-6.1 or Xmklinux depending on how old your X
server is (Xpmac-6.3 is the most current one; it is based on the
latest release of X).  For more information on file ownership,
look at any introductory Unix book or read the man page for
chmod(1).                    Shimpei Yamashita
shimpei@socrates.caltech.edu On my YDL Champion Seerver 1.2
installation, I had to turn the setuid bit on for the binary
XF68_FBDev, which lives at /usr/X11R6/bin/, for this to work.
7/9/00. Thanks to Jim Cole for the following additional comments
(7/10/00):   "Actually your XF68_FBDev should *not* be setuid.
This has the potential to create some security problems, which
may or may not be an issue depending on how your s