Are you logging in to your system as root, and then trying to launch X
as a normal user? Why don't you just log in to the system as the normal
user? Can you launch X if you log in as a normal user? You really
should minimize use of the root account. Use it only for system
administration tasks. Good luck,
Hidong
dattatraya wrote:
>
> well i am using rh 6.0. i created a non privileged user and tried to
>work
> in
> xwindows with it. but i got the following message. well, the strange
> characters u see maybe due to the fact that i copied the file into windows
> 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]#
>
> then i tried to run the startx command in the home directory of the user but
> no success. i got the messages as indicated below.
>
> >>[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
>
> well i've sent this problem to this list thrice but didnt get a soln. is the
> problem too preliminary? if so please guide me to where i could find the
> soln. i am a newbie to linux and my machine has two os' linux and win98
>
> thanks for the help in advance
>
> dattatraya
>
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