user not authorized to run the X server

[john_who]

After an installation to hd (V3.3-2004-02-09), when i launch startx from user knoppix i get:

X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.

running from root works fine.
i tried "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common", allowing anybody to start x server. no way, same error.

my /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config:

allowed_users=console
nice_value=-10

my /etc/group:

root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:backup
lp:x:7:lp
mail:x:8:
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:knoppix
fax:x:21:knoppix
voice:x:22:knoppix
cdrom:x:24:knoppix
floppy:x:25:knoppix
majordom:x:31:majordom
postgres:x:32:
www-data:x:33:
backup:x:34:
msql:x:36:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:telnetd
video:x:44:knoppix
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:knoppix
users:x:100:knoppix
lpadmin:x:102:
mysql:x:103:
postfix:x:104:
postdrop:x:105:
usb:x:106:knoppix
knoppix:x:1000:
nogroup:x:65534:
partimag:x:107:
sasl:*:45:
telnetd:x:101:
man:*:12:
bind:x:108:
ssh:x:109:
sslwrap:x:1001:
scanner:x:110:
crontab:x:111:

Any hints?

[fingers99]

This is a bit wierd. Which install script did you use?

my

/etc/group

root:x:0:
daemon:x:1:
bin:x:2:
sys:x:3:
adm:x:4:
tty:x:5:
disk:x:6:backup,john
lp:x:7:lp
mail:x:8:john
news:x:9:
uucp:x:10:
proxy:x:13:
kmem:x:15:
dialout:x:20:knoppix,john
fax:x:21:knoppix,john
voice:x:22:knoppix,john
cdrom:x:24:knoppix,john
floppy:x:25:knoppix,john
tape:x:26:knoppix,backup
sudo:x:27:knoppix
audio:x:29:knoppix,john
dip:x:30:john,knoppix
majordom:x:31:majordom
postgres:x:32:
www-data:x:33:john
backup:x:34:john
msql:x:36:
operator:x:37:
list:x:38:
irc:x:39:
src:x:40:
gnats:x:41:
shadow:x:42:
utmp:x:43:telnetd
video:x:44:knoppix,john
staff:x:50:
games:x:60:knoppix,john
users:x:100:knoppix,john
lpadmin:x:102:
mysql:x:103:
postfix:x:104:
postdrop:x:105:
usb:x:106:knoppix,john
knoppix:x:1000:
nogroup:x:65534:
partimag:x:107:
sasl:*:45:
telnetd:x:101:
man:*:12:
bind:x:108:
ssh:x:109:
sslwrap:x:1001:
scanner:x:110:john
crontab:x:111:
john:*:1002:john
cdrecording:x:1003:john


my /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config

allowed_users=console
nice_value=-10

You could -- although this shouldn't be necessary -- try creating a console group and adding yourself to it.

[Markus]

Try setting allowed_users=anybody
It seems like console can be a problem if you run screen so that the command "tty" gives pts instead of tty.