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Yeallow

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[SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

Every time i run terminal after startx command with non-roor user i get this message:

/usr/lib/xorg-server/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

Creating /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config file with
allowed_users = anybody and needs_root_rights = no or needs_root_rights = yes
does not solve the problem, instead causes complete xorg service shutdown.

Last edited by Yeallow (2016-07-20 18:12:20)

loafer

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

So, you run startx and then once you're in the X session you run startx again from a terminal?  That's what it sounds like you're doing.  It would certainly produce an error.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

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Yeallow

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

@loafer No. I run startx once. Then i get this message every time i open a terminal in i3.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

What is in your shell initialisation files?

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Yeallow

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

/etc/profile:

 
umask 022
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin"
export PATH
if test -d /etc/profile.d/; then
          for profile in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
                    test -r "$profile" && ."$profile"
          done
          unset profile
fi
if test "$PS1" && test "BASH" && test -z ${POSIXLY_CORRECT+x} && test -r /etc/bash.bashrc; then
          . /etc/bash.bashrc
fi
unset TERMCAP
unset MANPATH

in /.bash.profile

[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc

in /etc/bash.bashrc

[[ $- != *i* ]] return
PS1='[\u@\h \W] \$ '
PS2='>'
PS3='>'
PS4='+'

case $ {term} in
    xterm*|rxvt*|Eterm|aterm|kterm|kterm|gnome*)
          PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND;} printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007"  "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}" '
     ;;
    screen)
          PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND;} printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\033\\"  "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}" '
esac

[ -r /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion    ] && . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

in ~/.bashrc

[[  $- != *i* ]] && return

alias ls= 'ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
startx

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

in ~/.bashrc

[[  $- != *i* ]] && return

alias ls= 'ls --color=auto'
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
startx

There you go... I don't know where you got that idea, but starting X every time you open a shell is not a good idea.

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Yeallow

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

Stupid me. Solved. Thank you for your help!

Last edited by Yeallow (2016-07-19 23:29:24)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] X server crashes on start with non-root user

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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