Re: startx asking for a password
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 05:05:38PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 08:43:13PM -0300, Mike G (mgriffa@fibertel.com.ar) wrote:
> > hi,
> > I'm running potato, and when I try to startx I get something like
> > password:
> > password:
> <...>
> > Any one got any idea of this?
> > PS: I interrupt it happily with ^C
>
> Look for a 'su' or 'sudo' call in your init scripts, ~/.xinitrc or
> /etc/X11/Xsession.
no match for this
> Try passing an explicit client argument to startx, e.g.:
>
> $ startx xterm
>
> ...and report if it still prompts for a password.
still the problem persists.
I also tried as root, no results.
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