On Wednesday 23 January 2002 04:51 pm, Rachel Andrew wrote: > > Well, from the below it looks like you're getting hit with an > > authorization error. I usually run xhost +localhost in my .xsession file > > (through I've been told that's horridly insecure, ect) > > why would it be that my user can do things if I start kde with startx and > not if I start it via kdm?
No clue. I didn' have much success with kdm a year or two ago and I haven't had time to play with it since. It seems to Just Work for everyone else, though. > whereabouts does the xhost +localhost go? In your .xsession file somewhere, or .xinitrc if that's still used anymore. > thanks for your help I'm just mystified as to why everything else works and > knode doesnt Me too. :) > Rachel