> /usr/bin/X11/xauth: unable to open tmp file "/home/paul/.Xauthority-n" > /usr/bin/X11/xauth: unable to write authority file /home/paul/.Xauthority-n > > Is this potentially a permission problem? What should they be? i believe i just read a message in debian-user about there being a problem with the current xbase-clients. check the archives, it may not be a permisions problem. adam.