Ah, now I understand. /etc/Xserver is no longer used. I edited /etc/Xwrapper.config and put allowed_users=console as the first line and my startx problems disappeared. I'm just reiterating it to make it easier to find for everyone else with startx unauthorized user problem.
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 04:13:04PM -0800, Seth Arnold wrote: > > Branden, could you add a comment line to the Xwrapper.config file to the > > effect of, ``Valid values are: root, console, everybody'' -- I wasn't > > sure when this one hit me, so I guessed (and got it right, but > > self-documenting config files are nice :). > > No, because it would make my parser too complicated. > > I will, however, write a manpage for the file when I get around to it.