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Old 30th June 2013
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Hi folks
Running ver 5.0 (5.3 on order from Calgary)

I am getting the following message when attempting to run X
Code:
    $ startx
       xauth:  file /home/jsg/.serverauth.19781 does not exist
       xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/jsg/.Xauthority
       xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/jsg/.Xauthority
 
      Fatal server error:
      xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed

      Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
      at http://wiki.x.org
      for help. 
      Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

      No protocol specified
      No protocol specified
      No protocol specified
      No protocol specified
      xinit: giving up
      xinit: unable to connect to X server: Permission denied
      xinit: server error
      xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/jsg/.Xauthority
LOGFILE
Code:
      [2539040.634] (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/xf86 and /dev/mem
        (Operation not permitted)
        Check that you have set 'machdep.allowaperture=1'
        in /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot your machine
        refer to xf86(4) for details
       [2539040.634]   linear framebuffer access unavailable
       [2539040.653] (--) Using wscons driver on /dev/ttyC4 in pcvt compatibility mode$
       [2539041.671] 
       Fatal server error:
       [2539041.876] xf86OpenConsole: VT_SETMODE VT_PROCESS failed
       [2539041.876]
       Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
       at http://wiki.x.org for help.
       [2539041.876] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for addit$
       [2539041.876]
I'm over my head here Folks!

Help Appreciated.

Last edited by ocicat; 1st July 2013 at 08:15 AM. Reason: Please use [code] & [/code] tags when posting command output.
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It's my guess that you started X previously while the superuser, and your $HOME/.Xauthority file is owned by root.

Check the file with ls(1). If it is owned by root, the easiest fix is to delete the file, and restart X. (You may also want to check on the inter-process communications file .ICEauthority also.)

For more information about $HOME/.Xauthority, see the xauth(1) man page. For .ICEauthority, see the iceauth(1) man page.

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