On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:58:00AM +0200, Florian Cramer wrote: > Package: xbase-clients > Version: 1:7.0.0-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > After the upgrade to x.org 7.0.0 from 6.9.x, "startx" yields a default > grey X11 screen with a mouse pointer, but no window manager gets > started. ~/.xinitrc and /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager are not > honored. After a while, the X server crashes with the message that xinit > could start. > > Apparently, the X server does not permit any clients to run. This is the > tail output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log: > > > AUDIT: Wed Apr 12 03:52:53 2006: 9528 X: client 1 rejected from local > host > Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > AUDIT: Wed Apr 12 03:52:55 2006: 9528 X: client 1 rejected from local > host > Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > AUDIT: Wed Apr 12 03:52:57 2006: 9528 X: client 1 rejected from local > host > Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > AUDIT: Wed Apr 12 03:52:59 2006: 9528 X: client 1 rejected from local > host > Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > F > > [xdm was not used to start the X session.]
This sounds like your /etc/init.d/x11-common script isn't correctly creating the necessary files to allow clients to connect to the server. Can you run "/etc/init.d/x11-common restart" and get no errors? - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]