[OT] X environment not working as non-root

[Kuba Ober]

> > Do other X applications work for you as non-root?
>
> Can't remember, but my gut feeling is 'no'.
>
> (It's probably something really simple too, I just don't have the
> time, energy nor do I even want to figure out how this crap works -
> for the time being, I'm not into X hacking, so for me it's a tool that
> should "just work", and if it doesn't, the worst I'm going to do about
> it is hate it real good.)

I think that your X server works just fine. It's probably that you don't have 
your default desktop environment set up properly. There should be a 
configuration utility to set up just that.

Cheers, Kuba