David R. Litwin wrote: > When I try to log in to KDE using KDM through my normal user, the > screen goes black, then returns to KDM. This is indicative of X having > crashed, since I told KDM to re-appear if that should happen. Loging > in through a consle tells me that /etc/X11/X is not executable. I > checked: It is a symbolic link to /usr/bin/X11/Xorg. I tried to copy > that file directly to /etc/X11 and then rename it X, but it said some > thing about not being able to read it and some thing to do with a > symbolic link. So, I'm assuming there needs to be one and that some > thing has happened so that the root can access it but not a normal user.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> ls -l /etc/X11/X lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Oct 8 15:04 /etc/X11/X -> /usr/bin/X11/Xorg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> ls -l /usr/bin/X11/Xorg -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1833048 Oct 29 21:56 /usr/bin/X11/Xorg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> ls -ld /tmp/.ICE-unix/ drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Nov 10 00:05 /tmp/.ICE-unix/ -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]