[unsure] Re: Problem starting X as user

[herbert langhans]

Also check if you have the /etc/x11/xorg.conf -- root 644. Dont keep another xorg.conf in the /home/user directory so its using the one from /etc/x11 for sure. 

Dont have 
~/.Xresources and
~/.Xmodmap 
in the home directory. 

Check .xinitrc if it is in /root. If it is there and it works copy it over to the /home/user, care for permissions or make it 777.

Watch for /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit -- it will use this when you have no .xinitrc in the /home/user or permission is set wrong!

Such troubles I solve best when I look over it the next day. Usually I find it in two minutes then and wonder how I can have not seen such an obvious mistake.. 

Cheers
herbs
 

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:38:04 +0200
Frank Wißmann <frank.wissmann41 at web.de> wrote:

> herbert langhans wrote:
> > Frank,
> > can you start twm when you log in as a user. It smells like some permission issue from xfce. You could backup the xfce files with the actual permissions and then set them all to 777 and try to start it.
> > 
> > Just an idea
> > herbs
> >  
> > 
> > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:40 +0200
> > Frank Wißmann <frank.wissmann41 at web.de> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all!
> >> Hope there's somebody out there who can help me with the following problem:
> >> When I type "startx" as root all is coming up as expected, the X-Server 
> >> and twm as WM. When I stop it, log in as a normal user and do the same 
> >> there is only a grey screen with a mouse-cursor coming up and doing 
> >> nothing until I kill the X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. On the 
> >> original screen from which I tried to start is shown the following error 
> >> message:
> >>
> >> AUDIT: Thu Apr 3 20:34:48 2008 836 X: client 1 rejected from localhost 
> >> (uid 1001)
> >> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> >> Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server
> >> Xlib: Protocol not supported by server
> >>
> >> .xinitrc and .xsession both have the same contens "exec startxfce4" and 
> >> the permissions "rwxr-xr-x".
> >>
> >> Any thoughts please?
> >>
> >> TIA Frank
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> > 
> > 
> If I comment out the "exec startxfce4" in both files the effect is the 
> same: No WM starts, just the X-Server. The interesting effect is that 
> the output on the regular user's terminal is the same as above written. 
> So it seems it has nothing to do with the WM I want to start.
> 
> Frank
> 


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