RHEL AS 4. Can't startx as user

[rh_bomani]

Hello,

I have a RHEL AS 4 system that I recently installed. I am able to startx as root but not as a general user. This is the error I get.

[nmrunud@server /]$ startx


Fatal server error:
PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
Perhaps you do not have console ownership?


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

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I have looked at Xorg.log but I did not see any obvious errors.


Thanks in advance

[trickster]

This is a post on an older version of Red Hat, but might be worth a try:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-l.../msg00069.html

[rh_bomani]

Thanks, but that directory doesn't even exist on RHEL 4.

[Schotty]

as root you could try

xauth -b
xhost +localhost

Out of curiousity, is your filesystem full? This can do it. There is reserved space for root, so that root can always login. Users would not have that luxury.

[Compunuts]

There is reserved space for root, so that root can always login. Users would not have that luxury.

Had exactly that a few days ago.. I was banging my head why my Debian box was not allowing me to log on and I thought it was Xorg that went bang. I was trying all sort of things for almost two months. Low and behold, a few days ago, I was doing something and typed df -h and it hit me.... / is 100%.

[Schotty]

Had exactly that a few days ago.. I was banging my head why my Debian box was not allowing me to log on and I thought it was Xorg that went bang. I was trying all sort of things for almost two months. Low and behold, a few days ago, I was doing something and typed df -h and it hit me.... / is 100%.

Doesn't it suck ;D It pissed me off to no end to put it rather lightly .... Helps to have email or gui monitors for that stuff. If I copuld ever learn snmp that could be an option.

[rh_bomani]

I'm good on disk space.
I will try the xauth stuff the next time I access the machine.