John Ankarström wrote: > Hi, > > I just got OpenBSD installed on my new laptop, and so far, it works great. > But since I applied the latest X11 patch, I can no longer use startx to > launch X11, unless I do it as root, which probably isn’t a good idea. Seems > like I have to use xenodm. > > The thing is, xenodm is so complicated in comparison to a simple .xinitrc + > startx. There are so many files I need to set up that I hardly know where to > begin. > > I don’t want a login screen, I don’t want X11 to launch at startup. I just > want to start X manually from a simple .xinitrc. Surely I can’t be alone.
You can look for the "running Xorg without root" thread on tech from a few weeks ago.

