----- Original Message ----- From: "Dumas Patrice" <dumas@centre-cired.fr> To: <xfree86-list@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:55 AM Subject: after upgrade to 7.2 X don't start console ownership problem > 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? If you upgraded from ISO or cd then you need to run up2date and get the latest pam fix as that might be part of your problem. And get any other updates while your at it just to make sure. Mike
