> Could it be two different, but perhaps slightly dependent things that > bite me? The first thing is the authorization. That can be overcome by > starting the X server itself as the user who will run it. The second, > and probably more important thing, is that X crashes... If this can be > overcome by restarting the X server, it can't be that bad, can it...?
Just a though, would your PAM (pluggable authentication modules) config have anything to do with the first problem (someone more knowledgable please comment here). And for the second, after X crashes could you get and post a copy of /var/log/XFree86.0.log ? Might contain some useful information.
