Re: cannot start X

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Aaron Maxwell wrote:

> Hi, when I run startx, I get the following error:
>
>
> yomama[5]% startx
>
> X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
> <here it hangs, so I press ^C>
> xinit:  unexpected signal 2
>
> yomama[6]% 
> <<<<<
>
> My .xinitrc is real simple:
>
> exec rxvt &
> exec rxvt &
> exec enlightenment
> <<<<<
>
> I'm running a fresh woody, with xserver-common version 4.0.2-1.  
> Can anyone suggest a fix?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Aaron

Not much help here, but in the previous version of X, this was usually 
caused by an inappropriate second line in /etc/X11/Xserver, but I'm not 
sure how this fits into the version 4 scheme.

Kent