Hello dattatraya,
Sunday, May 28, 2000, 8:56:59 AM, you wrote:
d> -----Original Message-----
d> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
d> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cameron Simpson
d> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 5:37 AM
d> To: dattatraya
d> Subject: Re: xwindows
d> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 03:28:26PM +0530, dattatraya wrote:
d> | i created a non privileged user on my linux box(rh6.0) but i am unable to
d> | use xwindows. i get a authentication failure message once i give the
d> command
d> | startx.
d> | can anyone help?
d> Include a complete transcript of the startx output. (Use the "script"
d> command.)
d> --
d> Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
d> Complete honesty in word and deed is a good way to get punched out.
d> - Shanti Goldstein
d> sorry for the delay in writing back. i was having problems with my internet
d> connection.
d> anyway i am including a transcript of the messages. i hope u can figure out
d> something. well the strange characters u see maybe due to the fact that i
d> copied the file into winndows after mounting windows in linux.
>>>Script started on Sat May 27 13:53:26 2000
>>>[root@localhost /root]# su scum
>>>[scum@localhost /root]$ startx
>>>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.
>>>[scum@localhost /root]$ su
>>>Password:
>>>[root@localhost /root]#
d> then i tried to run startx in the home dir of user scum but to no success.
d> the transcript is as follows............
>>>[root@localhost /root]# su scum
>>>[scum@localhost /root]$ cd /home/scum
>>>[scum@localhost scum]$ startx
>>>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.
>>>[scum@localhost scum]$ start su
>>>Password:
>>>[root@localhost scum]# startx
d> i hope u can help me....
d> dattatraya
try "su - scum" or just log in as user scum then try to startx
Hope it helps
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