Re: User can't start firefox

[Jerry Turba <jturba@yahoo.com>]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 17:40:08 +0100, Kent West wrote:

> 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

After I posted the question I did an upgrade/dist-upgrade. A newer version
of firefox was installed and the problem was solved.

Thanks for your response Kent.
I was wondering how I could stop the GUI and use the startx command.

Thanks for you help
Jerry