I installed Slackware about 2 days ago and had been able to use startx under my user login fine. But now I can not. I really don't know what I did. I just installed stuff from kdelook.org. I can still use startx when I run as root.

Here is my log file:

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 01 March 2003
Before reporting problems, check
ww.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Sep 18 16:38:45 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "VESA Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) xf86ReadBIOS: Failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted)

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Server must be suid root


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This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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Have a look at /dev/mem and check the permissions on it. See if there is a group that owns it. If so, make yourself part of that group. If not then you may consider changing the ownership/permissions of it. Not the greatest for security but I can't think of anything else.

try chmod +s 'which Xfree86'

Did not work. And gbell71, what do you mean by 'which XFree86'?

Nevermind....I fixed it. Don't know how but I did.

Now does anyone know how to turn off xdm?

You'll have to change the default runlevel in /etc/inittab. This depends on your distro a bit but it should be something like 5. Change it to 3. If that doesn't work, change it to a few other numbers to see if that works.