Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:42:53PM +0100, 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. I'm not fully sure. But try # dpkg-reconfigure x11-common and choose instead of "Root Only" "Console Users Only". > Thanks, > --D. hth, best regards, Salvatore