rPi3 /w Pi LCD LXDE won't run unless sudo

Troubleshooting
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Fresh install of Dietpi 6.32.2 x64
I installed LXDE from dietpi-software
If I set autostart to Automatic Login (2) and select my dietpi user I get an error to the effect of permission denied.
If I set autostart to LightDM login mask (16) I get a login screen and can log in using my dietpi user just fine.
If I set autostart to Automatic Login (2) and select root user, it auto logs in fine.
If I set autostart to console and log in with my dietpi user, then type startx I get “(EE) xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open virtual console 2 (Permission denied)”
If I then type sudo startx lxde starts fine.

How can I get my dietpi user to be allowed to autologin?

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Hi,

many thanks for your message. Yes that’s correct, currently user root is allowed to start xsessions only. We are aware on this difficulty. Maybe you like to have a look into a similar GitHub entry. https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/3586

There we discussed as well a possible workaround https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/3586#issuecomment-647186230

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Thanks for the reply. The workaround did the trick!