Jerry Linux wrote:
... Got a user is not authorized to run the x server error. Can you tell that I am a real beginner? What part did I screw up? Does this have to be run sudo? From all the messages I get on this list, sudo seems like something I could use to really hurt myself so I do not run it unless I am completely sure that it will help. Or is this the some cases in which xinit won't work?
If you start X using startx, it will create an authorization 'cookie' in your home directory, otherwise xdm/gdm/kdm will do it. The startx scripts may be very different between linux distributions, so have a look at the startx on your machine to see what they do with xauth.
