On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Dinesh wrote:
I'm just a novice Linux user and not sure what I did a few days before.. I
just created some new users.. Now I'm unable to get GUI of my linux
version..
Upon booting, the command prompt comes up.. When I give "startx" command
from any user, the following errors come up,
---
Using authority file /home/tdb.xauthority
Writing authority file /home/tdb.xauthority
Using authority file /home/tdb.xauthority
Writing authority file /home/tdb.xauthority
Authentication failed - cannot start x server.
Perhaps you do not have consolce ownership ?
giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory.
(errorno 2): unable to connect to x server.
xinit: No such process.
(errorno 3): Server error.
---
tdb is the user name..
But I'm able to get GUI through root user, but its strictly warning not to
do that..
OS and Version ::: Mandrake 9.1.. (Lonestar)
Kernel :: Kernel 2.4.21-0.18mdk
XFree86 version :::: 4.3.0
I don't know what video hardware I'm using.. Please let me know how to find
it or further details..
I have attached the XFree86 log and configuration files..
Was that a log produced while running as root? If so, the likely problem
is that the server isn't set-uid root. Try, as root, ...
chmod u+s `which X`
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