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I'm unable to startx without root permissions, as it throws me this error:

parse_vt_settings: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (permission denied)

When I run startx as root, either with sudo or by login, it works perfectly fine. I am currently running Gentoo Linux.

  • I've added the user I want to startx with to the tty group
  • I've added read and write permissions to tty0 for the tty group
  • I've deleted my .Xauthority file.

I've been trying to figure out this issue for about a day, and literally every single forum post I've come across has been of absolutely no use to me. Can I please get some help with this?

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  • Please append output of loginctl to your question. Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 14:58
  • @dirdi my installation that had this issue doesn't exist anymore, sorry. Commented Nov 24, 2021 at 20:03

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From the Gentoo Wiki, running the elogind service solved my problem.

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  • wait, how are you able to edit what i've said? Commented Oct 17, 2021 at 6:36
  • Many parts of SE can be confusing when starting out! Maybe start with our tour, then hit some of the Help Pages, in particular the one on editing. Welcome to U&L! Commented Nov 23, 2021 at 15:05
  • Despite already using Gentoo with elogind, I started hitting this tty0 permission error in 2023 when running startx as a non-root user. Ultimately I fixed it by switching to startx -- vt1, using an alias in my .bashrc. Commented Dec 30, 2023 at 21:51
  • Thanks, this is the solution that worked for me. I had to restart some services while troubleshooting something, and it turned out elogind wanted a kick too Commented Jan 7, 2024 at 22:22

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