X says "user not authorized to run the x server"

infamous41md · 11-08-2004, 12:28 AM

What file am I supposed to edit to fix this? I have been reading X man page, and did this:

Code:

[n00b@localho] cat /etc/X11/Xserver 
/usr/bin/X11/X
Console
Anybody

but that didn't help..I know this is something obvious.

infamous41md · 11-08-2004, 05:50 PM

????????/

infamous41md · 11-08-2004, 08:30 PM

The problem is with debian default setup. It sets it up so that only root can log into X. In order to change this you need to edit the /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file. For the syntax of that, check out the man page for 'Xwrapper.config'. All you need to add is the 'allowed_users=anybody' option.

Cocoabean · 08-05-2009, 08:36 PM

Thanks for this. I'd like to add that the reason Debian does this is because GDM starts X in the default setup. GDM runs as root, so it starts X for you.