># startx ...works >$ startx ...does not > In /home/sam/.xsession-errors I can see > Xsession: X session started for sam at Fre Jul 25 09:07:21 CEST 2008 > open: Permission denied Now, I saw somewhere on the web[1] that chmod 1777 /tmp might solve the problem. I remember that I was not able to write to /tmp after the problem came. I will try this when I am back home after work and let you know. sam [1] linuxforen.de