Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users [SOLUTION]

2005-08-20 Thread Philippe Grenard
> > well, i had some problems with this .Xauthority, but not the same way : > > when logged in, root couldn't open X-based applications... > > After upgrading to Debian Etch/Testing, I had exactly the same > problem. Solution: > > As user who is running X: > > xauth list # if

Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-19 Thread Haines Brown
> > On Thursday 18 August 2005 16:26, Haines Brown wrote: > > I'm setting up a new machine with 2.6.8-2-686 kernel on sarge. Things > > seem to be working except for one thing: Users can't start the x > > server (root has no problem). > > > > When user does startx, the nVidia splash screen appears

Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-18 Thread Cláudio E. Elicker
On Thursday 18 August 2005 16:26, Haines Brown wrote: > I'm setting up a new machine with 2.6.8-2-686 kernel on sarge. Things > seem to be working except for one thing: Users can't start the x > server (root has no problem). > > When user does startx, the nVidia splash screen appears momentarily, >

Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-18 Thread Haines Brown
I'm setting up a new machine with 2.6.8-2-686 kernel on sarge. Things seem to be working except for one thing: Users can't start the x server (root has no problem). When user does startx, the nVidia splash screen appears momentarily, but I'm thrown back to the console. The startx messages only sa

Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-18 Thread Philippe Grenard
Hi! well, i had some problems with this .Xauthority, but not the same way : when logged in, root couldn't open X-based applications... after a lot of googling, i found something in the FAQ of xfree86-common http://darbujan.fzu.cz/cgi-bin/dwww?type=text/plain&location=/usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/

Re: Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-18 Thread Greg Norris
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 03:26:12PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > xauth: creating new authority file /home/user/.Xauthority > /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temporary file for here > document: Permission denied This sort of error can be caused by bad permissions on "/tmp" (or

Can't create .Xauthority for users

2005-08-18 Thread Haines Brown
I'm setting up a new machine with 2.6.8-2-686 kernel on sarge. Things seem to be working except for one thing: Users can't start the x server (root has no problem). When user does startx, the nVidia splash screen appears momentarily, but I'm thrown back to the console. The startx messages only s