IDo the following as root:
rm -f /var/gdm/*
This will wack your server's MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE.
Now go to your user's home directory and type:
xauth -ib
exit
Now startx as user.
This solves the problem for one boot. After that you have to do it again. I
haven't found a "long term" proper solution yet.
Let me know if you solve the long term problem.
-David Talbot
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Re-posting after waiting a week...
>
> I am still getting an authentication failed trying to 'startx'
> as a regular user. I forget the proper way to fix this. I
> tried to remove .Xauthority and .Xdefaults but only root
> can use X-windows. I also tried to re-install all the
> X-windows RPMs with "rpm -Uvh --force X*".
>
> I get the following...
> xinit: Connection refused (error 111): Unable to connect to X server.
> xinit: No such process (error 3): Server error
>
> I have checked for permissions in /etc/X11/, /usr/bin/X11/,
> and /usr/X11R6/ and it had 755 (xload was 711). I even tried using a
> new user who has never used X before, but same error occurs.
>
> I need to be able to run MandrakeUpdate. is there a non-X version of this ?
>
> Any ideas on what's wrong and how can I fix this ?
>
> Thanks... Dan.
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-David Talbot
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So long as the government has the power to invade our lives, rummage through
our records, and take what it wants from our income, we will have only as
much freedom and take-home pay as the politicians condescend to let us have.
-Harry Browne Libertarian Canidate for President (www.HarryBrowne2000.org)
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