On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 02:38:23PM +0000, Rich Harran. wrote: : /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc: /dev/null: permission denied : : repeated three times. Apparently, /dev/null doesn't have the proper permissions. Issue a 'chmod 666 /dev/null' and try again. You might have problems with other programs too, right? I've seen systems with bad permissions on /dev/null before, but I don't know what causes it. bye, -Remco