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Old 25th May 2009
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Default Startx executes as root, "startx:not found" as user

I am not even able to start the X server as root through su.

Using /usr/X11R7/bin/startx produces a repeat of "xauth: not found."

Directory /usr/X11R6/bin is empty.


How do I link $USER to xauth?

Copying .profile from root to user does not work.
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Old 25th May 2009
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Okay
I've changed the shell and now root's information comes up.
X tries to start but hangs due to permissions.
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Old 25th May 2009
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It starts after a delay.

Anyway, apologies and....
nevermind
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Not sure I had the exact same problem, but similar. Part of the solution was to make sure X11R7 went into the appropriate PATH components rather than X11R6.

HTH
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Old 27th May 2009
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Yeah, I had similar issue and fixed it by copying the PATH contents from root user to my regular user.
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