Paul Ravish wrote: > Hi Antony, > > I logged in as root and typed "startx". This seemed to work as it took > me to roots desktop. > > When I logged in as me (paul) and I typed "startx" I received the error > message > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/paul/.Xauthority > > Any ideas?
Please don't cc me, I read the list. Don't run X as root. I suspect the above error comes from the running gdm. So as root, /etc/init.d/gdm stop. ps ax |grep gdm to ensure that it's dead. Then try the startx again. Are you running sarge? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
