On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > [root%letdown /home/alisdair] # xmcd > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0
Yeah, xdm is more paranoid than startx. You can disable access controls by running, as alisdair, "xhost +". Check the man page for more info.