On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 07:29:16AM -0700, Nianwei Xing wrote: > Hi, debians: > I have a problem about X server: after I login from my > account and type "startx", it give me the following > error message: > Authentication failed--cannot startx X server > -X11 TransSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno=111 > Xinit: connection refused(errno=111): unable to > connect to server > Xinit: No such process(errno=3):server error: > However, when I login as root, the x server works. > Does anybody know how to fix this problem? > Thanks in advance!
My first guess is that only root is allowed to run X. Try checking /etc/X11/Xserver. The second line should read "Console". If it already does, then the problem is elsewhere. -- MegaHAL quote: I think a blowpipe is a marijuana cigarrette. It'll get you deleted!