On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 01:40:28PM -0500, David A. Parker wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >David A. Parker wrote: > >>X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > >>giving up. > >>xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X > >>server > >>xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > >>Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > >> > >>I have tried it both with and without the "DISPLAY=:0.0" at the > >>beginning. Also, "startx" works as root. > > > >I think at this point I'd rename mythtv's home directory and create a > >new blank one (make sure to get the perms correct on the directory), and > >try starting X then to see what happens. > > > > Hmmm... > > As root: > > # mv mythtv mythtv.BAK > # mkdir mythtv > # chown mythtv:mythtv mythtv > # chmod 0755 mythtv > # su - mythtv > > Then as "mythtv": > > $ ls -la > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 2 mythtv mythtv 4096 Mar 7 12:55 . > drwxrwsr-x 5 root staff 4096 Mar 7 12:55 .. > $ startx > xauth: creating new authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > xauth: creating new authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > Using authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > Writing authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > Using authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > Writing authority file /home/mythtv/.Xauthority > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > xinit: Server error. > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > > I tried this a couple of times and it consistently failed. The new > /home/mythtv/.Xauthority file it created was empty. I also tried using > xauth and mcookie to add new cookies, but it still didn't work: > > mythtv@lipton:~$ startx > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > xinit: Server error. > Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console > > Even though it is not recommended, will setting allowed_users to > "anybody" in /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config solve this? > > Thanks! > Dave You said that you had to reboot. Maybe boot with a live cd and fsck the disks? Also, is home mounted with its own partition? Is home or any other partition being mounted 'read only'? -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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