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Scenario:

So I want to run startx. The problem is, it won't let me write to tty0

  • Fatal server error: (EE) parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (Permission denied)

so I tried to run sudo startx, which works, but it logs me in as root!

How can I run startx with my user?

MY HOME:

-rw------- 1 retep retep    0 Jul 24 20:02 .Xauthority
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   36 Jul 24 16:12 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep 3.5K Jul 24 15:52 .bashrc.20170724161208
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep 1.2K Jul 24 18:53 .bash_aliases
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   45 Jul 24 16:12 .bash_completion
-rw------- 1 retep retep 1.7K Jul 24 20:02 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep  220 Jul 24 15:52 .bash_logout
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   42 Jul 24 16:12 .bash_profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   39 Jul 24 16:12 .dircolors
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep    6 Jul 24 16:12 .emoji
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep   89 Jul 24 17:09 .gitconfig
drwxr-xr-x 3 retep retep 4.0K Jul 24 18:44 .local
-rw-r--r-- 1 retep retep  729 Jul 24 17:50 .profile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   38 Jul 24 16:12 .sqliterc
drwx------ 2 retep retep 4.0K Jul 24 16:11 .ssh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   41 Jul 24 16:12 .tmux.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   33 Jul 24 16:12 .vim
-rw------- 1 retep retep 2.4K Jul 24 18:53 .viminfo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 retep retep   39 Jul 24 16:12 .vimrc
drwxr-xr-x 3 retep retep 4.0K Jul 24 16:11 repos

.Xauthority is blank, if that is the issue. Thanks.

peter
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I have same issue at DietPi.

I will give you many tips, so you could solve that!

Add group (I could solve that only doing this)

tty requid that your need belong tty group, so type this with sudo or root

sudo usermod -aG tty yourname

But I got error like "[ 4343.663] (EE) open /dev/fb0: Permission denied"

/dev/fb0's group is video, so run

sudo usermod -aG video yourname

to add youuser could access /dev/fb0.

And re-login or reboot, the change will appear!

I hope you could solve your issue!

P.S. You should run sudo usermod -aG video,tty,audio yourname

TamaTama
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