An experiment in backup

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Rob Owens <rowens at ptd.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 08:08:27AM -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Curt <curty at free.fr> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2015-01-17, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Can you launch X after logging in to the console?
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > I don't know how.
> > > >
> > >
> > > startx
> > >
> > >
> > > I did
> > sudo startx
> > Hmmm.  This should be telling me something, but I don't know exactly
> what.
> > It does not come up, but the messages on the screen of the console
> session
> > end with
> >
> > Loading extension XINERAMA
> > setversion 1.4 failed: Permission denied.
>
> You shouldn't need root permission to run startx.  Running startx as a
> user should just bring you into your default desktop environment.  It
> will not load the login manager (GDM, KDM, etc).
>
> I take back my previous answer.  When I do this as a normal user, I get a
black screen for a while, but eventually I get a cursor I'd describe as a
hollow X.  I can move it around the screen, but not do anything else.  No
buttons bring up menus.  There are no widgets on screen.

I take it that X is running, but there are no clients.
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