Re: [Hampshire] Ubuntu LTS server problems

On 21 August 2010 20:29, Tim <xendistar@???> wrote:
>
> OK the command that works is
>
> DISPLAY=:0.0 sudo startx
>
> So running SSH and logging in as me (a user) and then running the above command
> starts X on the server, A minor problem is closing the SSH window on the remote
> PC shutsdown X on the server.

I haven't tried this, but saying 'nohup ' before 'sudo startx' might help.
I'd do
export DISPLAY=:0.0
nohup sudo startx

'nohup' keeps the command running after you exit the ssh session.

>
> The reason I don't boot to GUI is that the user can't start X, even from the
> server its self, I just get authentication failure, yet I am using the same
> credentials when I remote in.

That sounds odd. If you start X at boot then why would 'the user' want
to start it?