you need to reconfigure xserver-common
i believe you cant 'apt-get --reconfigure xserver-common' and select 'anybbody' to starts windows. if that is wrong go to irc.debian.org room: #debian and look at the topic which will give you the answer ~ On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:46:55 -0500 > From: Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-x@lists.debian.org > Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: xfree86] > Resent-From: debian-x@lists.debian.org > > ----- Forwarded message from Romain Bossart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Romain Bossart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: xfree86 > Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:36:44 +0100 (CET) > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, > > I got a problem when I upgraded my xfree86 to the 4.0.1-10 version, > the server doesn't start, and I get this message ; > > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > > what can I do to make it work again ? > > thank you > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Romain Bossart - Laboratoire d'Acoustique - LAUM-UMR CNRS 6613 | > | Universite du Maine - av. O. Messiaen - 72000 Le Mans (France) | > | tel: 02 43 83 36 18 fax: 02 43 83 35 20 | > | http://www.univ-lemans.fr [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +----------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a > Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy spot > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on the pavement, where used to lie the > http://deadbeast.net/~branden/ | carcass of a dead horse. >