X, WindowMaker, and the such

["Brian A Phillips" <PHILLIPB@mailbox.fdu.edu>]

I am having a problem running X on my machine.  The main 
problem seems to be that WindowMaker crashes when I try to 
open a dialog box (for instance when trying to access 'settings' for 
a dock icon).  However, if I run X as root, this problem does not 
occur.  It also manifests itself in other ways, such as various other 
programs crashing.  Also, a possibly related issue is the fact that 
there is not systemwide .xserverrc file.

I am running the latest stable release of Debian, on my 386 
compatible system.  I can send a copy of the server output to 
anyone who wants it, but have not included it for the sake of those 
who do not.

Thanks for your time.