Re: user is not authorized to run X server

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Axel Minck wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  
>
> I am running Debian potato with XFree 3.3.6, and I can only start X 
> server as root ; otherwise I get a message "user is not authorized to 
> start X server"
>
> I tried to modify my /etc/X11/Xserver file by replacing root by 
> anybody but it doesn't work.
>
> I noticed that I have no Xwrapper.config file.
>
> I also tried  dpkg-reconfigure xcommon-server but I get the following 
> error : /debconf : package "xcommon-server" is not installed or does 
> not use debconf/

I believe that should be "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common" rather than 
"xcommon-server".

Kent