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I installed x as root and it works fine. However, when logged in as a non-root users, executing startx causes the screen to go black for maybe a second and then I'm taken back to a command prompt. Executing sudo startx works fine, just like root.
The non-root user has been added to all available groups (root,bin,daemon,sys,adm,disk,log,wheel) with wheel being the default group.
Any ideas?
SOLVED: I had an .xinitrc file in the non-root user's home directory that was completely commented out. I renamed it to .xinitrc_bak and tried again, and X started fine.
Last edited by Quasimojo (2010-10-02 01:16:59)
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