[ale] Can't start X as non-root user...

[ale at FultonGreen.com (Fulton Green)]

Make sure Xwrapper has the setuid permission bit set. Beyond that, I'm not
sure. I think I have a similar problem on RH7. I cured it by setting the
runlevel in /etc/inittab to 5, thus loading the X Window-based login prompt.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 06:43:15PM -0500, Benjamin Scherrey wrote:
> A few days ago my RedHat 6.1 machine locked up and required a hard reset. 
> Now I cannot start X on it as any user other than root. When the machine came 
> back it checked out clean so I don't know why its busted. The error message I 
> get says something about not being authorized and something about "perhaps I 
> don't own the console". I've tried to figure out where the problem is with no 
> luck but I must admit that X security stuff leaves me confused. I blew away 
> all the .X* and .x* files in my user directory to no avail. Any ideas on what 
> to try next would be appreciated.
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