Re: cannot start X

[John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu>]

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common

set permissions to "Console Users Only"

On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, 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]%
><<<<<
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>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
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