Re: X server

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

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.

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