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xfce4: sudo startxfce4 - all good, but only startxfce4 - fail. Why?

How to correct this behavior? I think that need to change permissions, but where?

Thank for your attention to this problem, and thank for your opinions about it.

sayfriend
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  • Thank, but... I have ubuntu server, and only install on it xfce4 and it good work with sudo, but without - fail. And I tried install xubuntu-desktop, and had same result. – sayfriend Dec 24 '18 at 10:29
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    If you have run any window manager / desktop session using sudo (even once) you have likely cause your ~/.Xauthority and/or ~/.ICEauthority to become owned by root, which will prevent subsequent non-root session starts – steeldriver Dec 24 '18 at 15:01

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Ok as they said on thread suggested this is a duplicate of... try installing xfce-desktop and then try to start your environment. Also check if there's a xinitrc file under $HOME/.config/xfce4/xinitrc since that is configuration file that startxfce4 script reads from when run.
If it's absent or empty, check /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc since that configuration file is run when you do sudo startxfce4. What you can do and is suggested by startxfce4 man page is to copy contents of xinitrc from /etc into the one that's in your home directory. 

cat /etc/xdg/xfce3/xinitrc > $HOME/.config/xfce4/xinitrc

Then try to start your xfce DE. Hope it helps.

Daniele Santi
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