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<p class="MsoNormal">Hey guys.. im having trouble when trying to run startx to start GNOME Desktop. See below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[jwelch@Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ startx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /home/jwelch/.serverauth.31051 does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(EE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fatal server error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(EE) PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(EE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(EE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> at http://wiki.x.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">for help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(EE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">^Cxinit: giving up<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xinit: unexpected signal 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[jwelch@Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth: file /home/jwelch/.serverauth.31051 does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">bash: xauth:: command not found...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Similar command is: 'xauth'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[jwelch@Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth: file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">bash: xauth:: command not found...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Similar command is: 'xauth'<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[jwelch@Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth: file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">bash: xauth:: command not found...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Similar command is: 'xauth'<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[jwelch@Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ sudo startx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /root/.serverauth.31664 does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">X.Org X Server 1.20.1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Build Operating System: 3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Current Operating System: Linux Jeff-CentOS-Server 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 29 14:49:43 UTC 2018 x86_64<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/cl_jeff--centos--server-root ro crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=cl_jeff-centos-server/root rd.lvm.lv=cl_jeff-centos-server/swap rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Build Date: 15 November 2018 04:59:43PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.20.1-5.1.el7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Current version of pixman: 0.34.0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> to make sure that you have the latest version.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 28 14:08:41 2019<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">pci id for fd 15: 102b:0532, driver (null)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:navy">Jeff Welch</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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