On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:14 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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.
Thanks Douglas, So systemd should be recompiled with logind support (added to configure) after xorg-server is installed as in the book instructions. I think it should be noted in the xorg-server page. Sami -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
