On Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:29:25 -0500 "Willaim W. Austin" <airedad@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I recently upgraded a machine (my main workstation) from FC 23 to FC > 24, and there's a problem > > The install was from the Workstation version and the checksum > correctgly matches (actually I always make 2 copies, just in case, > which I hold on to forever - they both check). > > I did the install, and intitially (until I added other users) > everything was fine - no problems in logging in. However, I have an > imortant app which I support and it needs the entire root screen and > can't coexist with plasma shell, so the machine normally runs in > multi-user mode, and X sessions are accessed via /usr/bin/startx. > (This has been working since the days of Redhat 5 through FC1 and up > to and including FC23 - I never tried FC 24 - and has never given a > bit of trouble.) > > After I added a non-privileged user for myself the fun began. The > biggest issue was that a non-privileged user could nto run an > X-server (not via startx anyway). FWIW I can't run the Wayland server > since I am using an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and wayland doensn't > handle it yet. The problem occurs whether I use the O/S nouveau > drivers or install the proprieary (xO/S ?) Nvidia drivers. [snip] > Any help and/or suggestions would be appreciated, and please feel > free to contact me off list if that is easier for you. I always startx from multiuser, and have been doing that for a long time also. I am currently running F25 and doing that without problems using the same technique I have always used (a bash script). I run X because Wayland doesn't handle custom keymaps at this point, and I've used my home-rolled layout (80% home row, yay!) for so long that I'm hunt and peck on qwerty at this point. My procedure in that script is the following: echo 'GSESSION="$(type -p gnome-session)"' >> $XCLIENTS echo 'exec $GSESSION' >> $XCLIENTS echo 'Starting X with Gnome...' startx -- vt10 However, I run LXDE as a desktop. Have you tried any other desktops? XFCE, Mate, Cinnamon, or even KDE? I haven't tried recently, but I've been able to boot into all the above desktops, including gnome, using startx in F25. I can also start Wayland using a compositor, but I haven't really used that for the above reason. I also wonder if there is a new group that the user has to belong to in order to use startx from Gnome. Is the user you add in wheel (has sudo)? I am in these groups. wheel:x:10:stan cdrom:x:11:stan,vdr video:x:39:stan audio:x:63:stan,vdr Could it be an SElinux permissions problem? I run enforcing and have no problems, but there might be a quirk on your system. You could try setenforce=0 before using startx. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
