On Oct 26, 2016 7:34 PM, "Douglas R. Reno" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/26/2016 8:30 PM, Sami Tarazi wrote: >> >> 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 >> > > It is noted there. Its a dependency of Xorg Server :-) > > I can happily add a note if it will reduce confusion.
I don't think it matters when you reinstall systemd as long as you meet all of the dependencies. One of the first things I build from BLFS is Cracklib, Linux-PAM, Shadow, and systemd-231, and I haven't had any problems using startx as a normal user.
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