this is what I get when I try to:
ubuntu@ip-172-31-25-76:~$ startx xauth: file /home/ubuntu/.Xauthority does not exist X.Org X Server 1.18.4 Release Date: 2016-07-19 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-89-generic x86_64 Ubuntu Current Operating System: Linux ip-172-31-25-76 4.4.0-1022-aws #31-Ubuntu SMP Tu e Jun 27 11:27:55 UTC 2017 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-1022-aws root=UUID=3e13556e- d28d-407b-bcc6-97160eafebe1 ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0 Build Date: 09 August 2017 09:38:57PM xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.4 (For technical support please see ) Current version of pixman: 0.33.6 Before reporting problems, check to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sat Oct 7 21:22:37 2017 (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" xinit: connection to X server lost waiting for X server to shut down error setting MTRR (base = 0xf0000000, size = 0x00400000, type = 1) Invalid argument (22) (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console 
