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Re: How to start X as a user?

Dan H wrote:

back in the olden days I used to be able to log in on a text console and then use "startx" to start an X session. I just tried that (without X running of course) but was rebuffed with the message that I wasn't authorized to start X.

How does this work (on etch)


From http://linuxgazette.net/issue93/tag/1.html :


    (!) [Kapil] Since Knoppix is based on Debian it is likely that it
    uses the Xwrapper program. This is controlled by
    /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config on a "sarge" version of Debian. This file
    contains the "allowed_users" option with possible values of
"rootonly", "console" and "anybody". 
    (!) [Thomas] Kapil, you're not wrong, and indeed I actually use
    Knoppix purely as a rescue CD, preferring my version of Debian
    Sarge to be pure. Mind you, I might get around to running Knoppix
in a chroot jail at some point.... 
    (!) [Kapil] For more details "man Xwrapper.config" is your best
    bet. Since this file can be managed by "debconf" you could also
try to run 
    | dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-common |
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