having issues..

[Jeff Welch]

Hey guys.. im having trouble when trying to run startx to start GNOME Desktop. See below.



[jwelch at Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ startx
xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.serverauth.31051 does not exist
xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist

(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server.
        Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE)
^Cxinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: unexpected signal 2
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
[jwelch at Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.serverauth.31051 does not exist
bash: xauth:: command not found...
Similar command is: 'xauth'
[jwelch at Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist
bash: xauth:: command not found...
Similar command is: 'xauth'
[jwelch at Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ xauth:  file /home/jwelch/.Xauthority does not exist
bash: xauth:: command not found...
Similar command is: 'xauth'


[jwelch at Jeff-CentOS-Server /]$ sudo startx
xauth:  file /root/.serverauth.31664 does not exist
xauth:  file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth:  file /root/.Xauthority does not exist


X.Org X Server 1.20.1
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System:  3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64
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
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
Build Date: 15 November 2018  04:59:43PM
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.20.1-5.1.el7
Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 28 14:08:41 2019
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
pci id for fd 15: 102b:0532, driver (null)
(II) modeset(0): Initializing kms color map for depth 24, 8 bpc.




R/s

Jeff Welch
Customer Success Manager (CSM)
Splunk Certified Architect II
Splunk Inc.
CASP, CEH, CCNA, SEC+
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