Re: Root can startx, main user can't - new Wheezy install

["Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

> Thanks for your thoughts,
> 
> Nick

Hi Nick!
You might want to check the settings of .Xauthority in users ~/home.
I had the issue, that its rights were changed from user:user to root:root 
after I started LXDE. 

When changed back to KDE, it won't start again. I manually deleted the file and 
let it create new by KDE.

Another reason might be, if you are using nvidia-drivers. Make sure, your 
users are in group "nvidia" (should be automatically set by the package 
installer). Check the same, if you use fglrx driver.

You can start startx by the console, so you can see, what errors are given. 
Try also other settings in xorg.conf (in case, you are using one), especially 
for graphic drivers. Try entries like "nv" or "vesa" or "ati" , depending on 
your hardware.

Hope this helps a little bit. 

Good luck! 

Hans