FYI; I resolved the problem!
just renamed my .xinitrc in my homw dir and again ran startx. Cheers! it works! THanks Rituraj --- RituRaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > > I successfully installed and configured debian > sarge. > Xwindows is also configured. My system is on DHCP. > After changing the hostname, i rebooted the system. > > Now i am able to run GUI i.e startx by root account. > But i am not able to run startx with unprivileged > account. > First time as i used to run startx it used give > error > about display name "hostname:0". But now after > adding > DNS entry for my new hostname, it just does not give > any error. Whenever i run startx the screen flashes > X > and mouse cross icon...then dies. > > But it works with root > > Please help > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We > finish. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]