Here's the chroot script I run: #!/bin/sh cp /proc/mounts /usr/local/wheezy/etc/mtab mount -o bind /sys /usr/local/wheezy/sys mount -o bind

Here's the chroot script I run: #!/bin/sh cp /proc/mounts /usr/local/wheezy/etc/mtab mount -o bind /sys /usr/local/wheezy/sys mount -o bind /proc /usr/local/wheezy/proc mount -o bind /dev/ /usr/local/wheezy/dev mount -o bind /dev/pts /usr/local/wheezy/dev/pts mount -o bind /tmp /usr/local/wheezy/tmp mount -o bind /home/chronos/user/ /usr/local/wheezy/root/chronos cp /home/chronos/.Xauthority /usr/local/wheezy/root/ chroot /usr/local/wheezy/ And then in the chroot I have these lines in my .bashrc: export XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority export DISPLAY=":1" But I'm not sure they're actually necessary. I think you might just be able to do: DISPLAY=":1" startx & from the command line to start X. It seems to require being started from the actual virtual console on Ctl-Alt-F2 rather than from the crosh shell or local ssh.