On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 08:55, Dumas Patrice wrote: > Hi, > I have just upgraded my redhat box from a 7.0 (with lots of 7.1 and 7.2 rpm) to > 7.2. I start X from the console using startx. I did it without problem once. > Now I can only start X as root, as a user, I get: > > Fatal server error: > PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? <snip> Look at /etc/pam.d/xserver. For 7.2, it should say: #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_rootok.so auth required /lib/security/pam_console.so account required /lib/security/pam_permit.so Also, make sure pam is updated to 7.2 errata level: pam-0.75-19. ~spot --- Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> Red Hat Sales Engineer Sair Linux and GNU Certified Administrator (LCA) Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) GPG: D786 8B22 D9DB 1F8B 4AB7 448E 3C5E 99AD 9305 4260 The words and opinions reflected in this message do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Red Hat, and belong solely to me. "Immature poets borrow, mature poets steal." --- T. S. Eliot
