chroot linux on another partition and startx as user?

pwc101 · 12-31-2007, 02:20 PM

I have a dual boot set up with Slackware (which is my main OS) and PCLinuxOS (at the moment). Using these instructions, I have successfully started another instance of PCLinuxOS on tty 8. However, I am only able to do this as root. If I try as su-ing to an ordinary user, I received this error:

Code:

[pwc101@linux ~]$ startx
hostname: Host name lookup failure
xauth:  creating new authority file /home/pwc101/.serverauth.5803
Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?xinit:  Server error.
[pwc101@linux ~]$ giving up.

How can I set this up so it works as an ordinary user? Any thoughts welcome

nan0meter · 01-01-2008, 07:32 AM

1 ) You can try modifying that user and add it to the "root" group.
2 ) Look for the auth file in /root/ and copy it to the user you want to be able to start the xserver.