Can't use startx as non root
 

I get an error message saying nonconsole users can't start start x

What am I doing wrong

I followed the xorg and KDE sections of 8.4 exactly.

I tried to add my user test to root and the group console.

But no dice.

This is what I get when I try to run startx as the user "test"


test [ ~ ]$ startx
xauth: file /home/test/.serverauth.26454 does not exist
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "LFS:2" in "list" command
xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "LFS:2" in "add" command

/usr/libexec/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "LFS:2" in "remove" command
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

it is telling you right off your display name is BAD, LFS:2 not good name in two places. googled got this
you need to modify your file and put in the correct name. That is for ssh, but the fix is the same in adding the proper name to your file. whatever that maybe.

then there is this.
"I tried to add my user test to root and the group console."
add a user to root and the group, root is root, I'd not be adding anyone to root. by what means did you do this?

I am not versed in this but, I'd think it should be user:console where the group console should take care of giving permissions to the xorg startx.

What file?

in /etc/group I have
root:test
console:test

Also I fixed my /etc/hosts file to this
192.168.1.33 lfs

Afterwhich led to this:

test [ ~ ]$ startx
xauth: file /home/test/.serverauth.26600 does not exist

/usr/libexec/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

is this just a single box trying to get startx to work rather then using a login manager?
is this you trying to log in via ssh or some other thing?

what distro is it?

you should not have to put a user in root, or console groups.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit

ftp://www.x.org/pub/X11R7.6-RC1/doc/...startx.1.xhtml

Linux from scratch

I am trying to ssh into the box to start up KDE.

Also I changed my group file
Test:root, console, video

I can do it for root.

I changed the host name in /etc/hosts to lfs

First error went away for the argv1... However the console message still appears

you should dig into how to set up xorg for ssh startx... key words of that nature.

I've tried outside of ssh as well, my laptop is on a coffee table and frankly I got tired of leaning over to type commands in so I switched to ssh.

Even typing on the pc itself I get the console error.