X server only starts as root

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I have an Arch Linux system, stock kernel and drivers. For some strange reason, xinit produces an error when it is started by a non-root user. The logs say this:

(EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)

However, I can stat and ls the file from the non-root user and the permission on it are 755

Possibly relevant: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203780 Is your xorg the latest version? Are you using a wrapper? — Tom Hunt, Dec 01 '15 at 00:10
Umm, on my arch-linux the permissions on `/dev/tty0` are 620, and owner is `root` and group id is `tty`. Try setting the write permission for group and see if that helps. — ojs, Dec 02 '15 at 00:21

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '15 at 23:37

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Edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config as follow :

allowed_users=anybody
needs_root_rights=yes

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answered Dec 01 '15 at 23:37

mackatozis

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s/Edit/Create. ⁺¹. – Hi-Angel Oct 27 '16 at 14:59
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Just helped me on a raw Ubuntu 16.04 Server+X install, thanks. – Oli Jun 27 '17 at 14:23
maybe `allowed_user=console ` would be a better invocation? – placid chat Dec 13 '21 at 06:40

X server only starts as root

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