Good information. Thanks. If I put this line in /etc/inittab: x:2:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/startx > tty1 or x:2:respawn:/usr/X11R6/bin/startx I get this error after it boots up: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: line xxx: xinit: command not found /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: line xxx: xauth: command not found (xxx being a number in the 100's) This led me to look at the startx script and I figured out that xauth and xinit were scripts in /usr/X11R6/bin/ that were not in the path when inittab was being run. So I edited startx and made the first line: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin/ Now X starts but it starts as root. *Insert frown here* I guess this makes sense because inittab is run as root, right? So I edited the /etc/inittab again and changed the line to: x:2:respawn:/usr/bin/sudo -H -u me /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and I added this to sudoers: me ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx but I get this error on bootup: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. xinit: Server error. Gee wizz this has been a pain. -Montana "When I give, I give myself. -Walt Whitman