Re: can not start X as non-root user

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

[loonyx | rolf joho] wrote:

> Kent West wrote:
>
> > [loonyx | rolf joho] wrote:
> >
> > > i just set up a new woody-box with xfree 4.1 and gnome 1.4*.
> > > gdm runs fine and i can login there or running startx X as root. 
> > > however, if i try to log in through gdm or running startx as a 
> > > normal user, i can not run X and fall back to gdm or to the console 
> >
> >
> > Try running "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common", and when asked who has 
> > permission to run X, select Console Users (or something similar to 
> > that).
> >
> > Alternatively, edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config so the following line 
> > reads thusly:
> >
> > allowed_users=console
>
> thanks for your help, didn't even know about that type of 
> access-control. however, this did not work for me.
>
> what i did so far:
> - checked the permission of the users homedirs/dotfiles (ok)
> - added a new (non-root) user with an empty home-directory (no X)
> - set Xwrappers access to console-users
>
> any idea what's going wrong?
Check the output of "startx 2> error.log" for hints.

I suspect you don't have a default wm configured properly for non-root 
users. Create a ".xinitrc" file in a normal user's home dir with the 
single line "icewm" (and make sure icewm is installed) and give it a go 
and let us know the results.

--
Kent