On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Sami Tarazi <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Roger Koehler <
> [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Oct 26, 2016 11:27 AM, "Sami Tarazi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Roger Koehler
> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> startx is much simpler.
> >> > >
> >> > > Agreed. That's what I normally do. Other users prefer to be
> prompted.
>
>
> according to BLFS systemd instructions, startx from a command works only
> for root. A display manager is needed for other users.  I think it
> should be noted
> in the xorgs section,
>
> Sami Tarazi
>

That is not true.

You must run startx after you have recompiled systemd with logind support,
using the BLFS instructions for compiling systemd. You can run it as a
normal user.
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