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Hi, I am using RedHat Linux 6.2, the following is the problem:

(1) At the server console, I login as root
(2) Then I "su - userSOMEONE" to switch to "userSOMEONE"
(3) Then I "startx" to start the X-window, but I got this error
Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console
ownership?_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X
server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

However, if I "startx" after step (1), where login as root, the error won't
appear and X-window starts normally.

Does anyone have this experience? Did I missed some settings?
Thanks in advance.

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jlevie

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ahoffmann

.. or do a
xhost +
before su - userSOMEONE
(keep security in mind: man xhost)

garboua

I agree with jlevie,you should always log with a generic account, and you can always su to root when needed.

bearware

xhost is not the issue, the other stuff looks correct to me. If there is a good reason to login as root then change. I cant imagine why. Then change the ownership of the console.

Hooky workaround:
Find the console name. (tty?)
as root type:
chown userSOMEONE /dev/tty?
su userSOMEONE

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