On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:46 -0500, Todd Reed wrote: > I’ve been looking online for resources that may help me, but I haven’t > found anything that worked. I’m trying to run x as a non-root user. > Any suggestions? > > > > I get the messages: > > > > Fatal server error: > > PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. > > Perhaps you do not have console ownership? > > > > > > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support > > at http://wiki.X.Org > > for help. > > > > Here is what I’ve tried: > > 1) chmod 777 /dev/console > > > > 2) /etc/pam.d/xserver looks like: > > auth sufficient pam_rootok.so > > auth required pam_console.so > > account required pam_permit.so > > auth required /lib/security/pam_console.so > > auth required /lib/security/pam_permit.so > > account required /lib/security/pam_permit.so > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos That happens when you log in as root then "su" to the user you are trying to startx with. Just create a user with useradd. Then give him a password with passwd, exit the console then log in with that user and run startx.