How to give a normal user access to the full lxde environment

vitronix · 06-01-2017, 12:52 PM

Hi there,

I have installed ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit as a virtual machine for testing.
I want to have a minimal LXDE environment on my server.
So I installed the necessary packages:

Code:

sudo apt-get install xorg openbox lxde-common lxappearance

Now when I give a

Code:

sudo startx

The full LXDE environment starts
But as a normal user I get a very limited environment (no openbox cofiguration, no pacmanfm etc)
How do I get the system to start X as a normal user with the full LXDE environment?

Thanks in advance,

Vitronix

kentyler · 06-01-2017, 02:16 PM

Try to add a new user and then login with that user after issuing the command

init 5

ondoho · 06-01-2017, 02:38 PM

starting X as superuser is not recommended.
it might also create root-owned files in your $HOME, which then cause problems when you want to login as a normal user.

vitronix · 06-02-2017, 01:09 AM

Well I reinstalled everything but now I get the following:

Code:

startx


X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-62-generic root=UUID=ea6371c8-c4dc-447c-b80a-f0723a7182ca ro
Build Date: 02 November 2016  10:06:10PM
xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/home/jvisser/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun  2 07:55:09 2017
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) 
Fatal server error:
(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
(EE) 
(EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/jvisser/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE) 
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
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

Contents of Xorg.0.log:

Code:

X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
[   699.008] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   699.008] Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[   699.008] Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 x86_64
[   699.008] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-62-generic root=UUID=ea6371c8-c4dc-447c-b80a-f0723a7182ca ro
[   699.009] Build Date: 02 November 2016  10:06:10PM
[   699.009] xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[   699.009] Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
[   699.009] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   699.009] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   699.010] (==) Log file: "/home/jvisser/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun  2 07:55:09 2017
[   699.011] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   699.011] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   699.011] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   699.011] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   699.011] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[   699.011] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[   699.011] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   699.011] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   699.011] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   699.011] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   699.011] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   699.011] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   699.011] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[   699.011] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   699.011] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[   699.011] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   699.011] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[   699.011] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   699.011] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[   699.011] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   699.011] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[   699.011] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   699.011] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   699.011] (II) Loader magic: 0x5577f4df2dc0
[   699.011] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   699.011] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   699.011] 	X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[   699.011] 	X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[   699.011] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[   699.013] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31
[   699.013] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   699.013] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to take device /dev/dri/card0: Operation not permitted
[   699.013] (II) config/udev: Ignoring already known drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   699.022] (--) PCI:*(0:0:15:0) 15ad:0405:15ad:0405 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe8000000/134217728, 0xfe000000/8388608, I/O @ 0x00001070/16, BIOS @ 0x????????/32768
[   699.022] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   699.022] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   699.024] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   699.024] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   699.024] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 9.0
[   699.024] (==) AIGLX enabled
[   699.024] (==) Matched vmware as autoconfigured driver 0
[   699.024] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[   699.024] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[   699.024] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[   699.024] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[   699.024] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
[   699.024] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
[   699.033] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   699.033] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 13.1.0
[   699.033] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   699.033] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[   699.033] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[   699.033] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[   699.033] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   699.033] 	compiled for 1.18.4, module version = 1.18.4
[   699.033] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   699.033] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[   699.033] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[   699.033] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[   699.033] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   699.033] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 0.4.4
[   699.033] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   699.033] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[   699.033] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[   699.033] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[   699.033] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   699.033] 	compiled for 1.18.1, module version = 2.3.4
[   699.033] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   699.033] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 20.0
[   699.033] (II) vmware: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
[   699.033] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[   699.033] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[   699.033] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   699.033] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[   699.034] (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)
[   699.034] (EE) 
[   699.034] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[   699.035] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/jvisser/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   699.035] (EE)

The problem only arises on VMware, on my normal server I can start X as a normal user

jbrittain1122 · 06-02-2017, 08:09 AM

Take a look at the bug report in my next post (it won't let me post it here yet as I'm new to the site).

There's a lot of chatter in the comments, but #14 and #28 might be worth a try.

jbrittain1122 · 06-02-2017, 08:09 AM

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...t/+bug/1562219

vitronix · 06-03-2017, 03:58 AM

Well I discovered something interesting.
When I login normally, that is not over SSH, X starts just fine.
So when I login to the virtual machine itself I can start X.
Only thing I forgot to install is lxsession-logout.
It doesn't solve the problem but I can live with it.

jbrittain1122 · 06-03-2017, 10:22 AM

I wouldn't expect to be able to run an X session over ssh anyway. You can do some X11 forwarding if you only need a few apps running, but for a full desktop you'll need a remote desktop solution like VNC. I think this comes baked into ubuntu, but I'm not sure about lubuntu.