Can you log in normally from the login screen? Is it only an issue with
'startx'?

** Tags added: vmware

** Summary changed:

- Gnome Desktop only starting with root rights
+ [vmwgfx] Gnome Desktop only starting with root rights

** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => xorg-server (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  [vmwgfx] Gnome Desktop only starting with root rights

Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  All files in home folder are owned by the user. startx is only working
  with root rights.

  xinit: connection to X server lost/usr/bin/gnome-session: 29: exec:
  /usr/libexec/gnome-session-binary: Permission denied

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-33.37-generic 5.4.34
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CompizPlugins: No value set for 
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  Date: Thu Jun  4 16:25:19 2020
  DistUpgraded: 2020-04-26 18:18:02,277 ERROR Cache can not be locked (E:Konnte 
keinen exklusiven Zugang zur Sperrdatei /var/lib/dpkg/lock erhalten. Diese wird 
vom Prozess 21979 (dpkg) gehalten., W:Beachten Sie, dass das Entfernen der 
Sperrdatei keine Lösung ist und Ihr System zerstören kann., E:Sperren des 
Administrationsverzeichnisses (/var/lib/dpkg/) nicht möglich, wird es von einem 
anderen Prozess verwendet?)
  DistroCodename: focal
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   rapiddisk, 5.2, 5.4.0-31-generic, x86_64: installed
   rapiddisk, 5.2, 5.4.0-33-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter [15ad:0405]
  Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  Lsusb-t: /:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
  MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-33-generic 
root=UUID=f8fcb1ae-51b1-4ab2-b79d-66cf34ad77d9 ro nomodeset 
rootflags=subvol=ROOT
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-26 (38 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
  dmi.bios.version: rel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
  dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-4.1
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvrrel-1.12.1-0-ga5cab58e9a3f-prebuilt.qemu.org:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-4.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-4.1:
  dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
  dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-4.1
  dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.4-2ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.4-2ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.1
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 
2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

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