starting x manually as non-root

[Bernd Sokolowsky <ulmo@garozzo.franken.de>]

Hi all,

since about two weeks I have problems starting X from the console.
The error message: "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting."

The file /etc/X11/Xserver reads:

/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86
Console

The first line in this file is the full pathname of the default X server.
The second line shows who is allowed to run the X server:
RootOnly
Console      (anyone whose controlling tty is on the console)
Anybody


Any ideas where to look? root can start x just fine. 
This is XFree86, version 4.0.2 from woody:

ii  xfree86-common 4.0.2-1        X Window System (XFree86) infrastructure
ii  xserver-common 4.0.2-1        files and utilities common to all X servers
ii  xserver-xfree8 4.0.2-1        the XFree86 X server

Regards, Bernd.
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Bernd Sokolowsky @ home