Finally bringing to conclusion my first debian (3.0r.1) install, I ran aptitude update. When I subsequently rebooted, user cannot start x, but root can.
I reconfigured XF86Config-4 by running dpgk-reconfigure , using the simple configuration, which worked before, and kept the same values. But that did not help. There are a couple warnings in the XF85config log (a set of fonts does not exist; can't open APM), but no errors. When root runs # echo $DISPLAY, it returns: :0.0. But when user runs $ echo $DISPLAY, there is nothing. I'm currently logged in as root, and in an xterm su to user to handle my mail. I find that user can start emacs, but not other x clients. The error returned when I try is that there is no display name and no DISPLAY variable. I don't think I did anything that would affect authentification. Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
