Re: User can't start firefox

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Jerry Turba wrote:

> I just installed debian on a computer for a friend (PIII 500meg ram) 
> and everything has gone fairly well. I installed firefox and thunderbird
> and some of the basic programs.
>
> Root can start and run firefox and thunderbird. there is only 1 other
> user. He can start thunderbird but not firefox. When entering the command
> mozilla-firefox from the terminal there is a error message.
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
>
> (firefox-bin:1449): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> How do I correct this situation with the authorization keys? I do not
> understand what it is referring to, or how to correct it.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jerry
>  

Are you starting X via "xdm"? If so, try disabling it ("/etc/init.d/xdm 
stop") and start X with "startx".

Any difference?

What happens if you create another new user? Does that user have 
problems also?

What happens if you delete any .xauth -type files in that user's home 
directory and have him login again and try again?

--
Kent