michael.thorp [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
>The exact error message is as follows:
>
>Authentication failed
>_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
>giving up.
>xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
>xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
>
>This looks like a problem with the pam modules, but I have upgraded
>them with no luck. When I use the root login, startx works just
>fine, but when I use my login, I get the above error.
As a workaround try:
edit /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config and change (or comment out these lines):
DisplayManager._0.authorize: true
DisplayManager._1.authorize: true
to:
DisplayManager._0.authorize: false
DisplayManager._1.authorize: false
Richard