x problems

[H. M. Murdock]

Hi,

I just did and apt-get upgrade to update my debian system. When it was done, i logged in as my user account and tried to start x and I got this error message:

X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.

how do i fix this???????

Murdock

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[rod]

Log in as root and run gdm, or whatever display manager you use.


Regards,
Rod

[H. M. Murdock]

ok,

i tried that, i dont have gdm, atleast its not a command i can run at the command line. XFCE is the windowmanager i use. I dont think i quite get what you mean by display manager.

Murdock

[rod]

Display manager = gdm = gnome display manager.

I believe the default display manager used by Debian is xdm.


Regards,
Rod

[This message has been edited by rod (edited 07 December 2000).]

[H. M. Murdock]

ok,

gdm is not a comand either. how do I run gdm then?

Murdock

[rod]

You mean that xdmwill not work either?

[H. M. Murdock]

ok,

i went and install xdm, but that is not what i want, i do not want a graphical login...i want to login from the console, and start X when i want to, i do not always want to be in x. plus when i logged in as my user account under xdm, it didnt give me my normal desktop.

Murdock

[rod]

You could also try , as root, startx.

Regards,
Rod

[H. M. Murdock]

i am not haing a problem running x as root, i am having the problem running it as a user. i do NOT want to run X as root, but as a regular user. I ran startx as a user and it gave me this error:

X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.

Murdock

[rod]

This is from man xhost :


DESCRIPTION
The xhost program is used to add and delete host names or user names to the list allowed to make connections to the X server. In the case of hosts, this provides a rudimen-tary form of privacy control and security. It is only sufficient for a workstation (single user) environment, although it does limit the worst abuses. Environments which require more sophisticated measures should implement the user-based mechanism or use the hooks in the protocol for passing other authentication data to the server.


I believe you could run xhost u+x to achieve what you want to do. OR

xhost +username


Hope this helps.

Regards,
Rod

[teeitup]

What about setting the suid bit for X.

X should be linked to your xserver of choice.

My only major complaint with apt-get is it's updating of xserver. I'm sure I speak for many when I say "How could Debian do this to me?"

When apt-get updates to XFree86 4.01 many of us have spent hours or even days getting it X
to work again.

The differences in the configuration of 3 and 4 has cost users, of all distros, alot of wasted time.

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[MADHATter7]

Originally posted by teeitup:
My only major complaint with apt-get is it's updating of xserver. I'm sure I speak for many when I say "How could Debian do this to me?"

When apt-get updates to XFree86 4.01 many of us have spent hours or even days getting it X
to work again.

The differences in the configuration of 3 and 4 has cost users, of all distros, alot of wasted time.



AMEN !

[This message has been edited by MADHATter7 (edited 07 December 2000).]

[ColdPack]

As much as I dislike using dselect, that's the only way I've been able to avoid apt-getting xfree4.0.1.
I just don't need it.


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[H. M. Murdock]

ok,

I tried both xhost + username and xhost u+x. Both times it gave me this error:

xhost: unable to open display ""

Murdcok