[rhelv6-beta-list] weird startx issue

[Marko Myllynen]

Hi,

> I got an unexpected error:
> 
> [gsgatlin at vaporware ~]$ startx -- :1
> xauth:  creating new authority file /home/gsgatlin/.serverauth.3752
> 
> Fatal server error:
> PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
>         Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
> 
> I know this worked well in RHEL 6 beta 1. Should I file a bugzilla on
> this or is there something I am doing wrong?

this is most likely BZ#602187 (restricted access), startx works for root
but not for non-root users. This is fixed in xorg-x11-server 1.7.7-10
which will be included in post Beta 2 releases.

Cheers,

-- 
Marko Myllynen