it happened to me too ... i solved it this way . chmod ug+x startx Thanks , Harshal Vaidya. -----Original Message----- From: naveen dhankhar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [linux-delhi] x-window problem Hi, from last some days I was not able to run x-window form any normal user account.I can run it only by root.what may be the problem? when I type startx it gives the following error: Authentation failed -can not start X server Perhaps you do not have console ownership? I am using RedHat 7.0 ------------------------------------------------ An alpha version of a web based tool to manage your subscription with this mailing list is at http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/mj_wwwusr
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