Why "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting." when in "script" command subshell?

2003-10-10 Thread Daniel B.
I get: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. if I try to run "startx&" from inside subshell created by the "script" command? Why is that? (Is something about the subshell necessarily different such that startx can't run? Or is startx confus

Re: X: user not authorized to run the X server...

2000-12-11 Thread Bob Nielsen
;startx" receives the > following error message: > > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > Any help would be great

Re: X: user not authorized to run the X server...

2000-12-11 Thread sena
On 11/12/2000 at 10:03 -0600, Dave Bacon wrote: > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > This question is becoming the

X: user not authorized to run the X server...

2000-12-11 Thread Dave Bacon
After doing a "general" update using dselect, only the root user has access to the X server. Any other user running "startx" receives the following error message: X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): un

Re: X: user not authorized to run the X server

2000-12-09 Thread Mike
Lindsay Allen wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm running 4.0.1-10 and now I get:- > > elm:$ startx > > X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. > giving up. > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No

X: user not authorized to run the X server

2000-12-09 Thread Lindsay Allen
Hi, I'm running 4.0.1-10 and now I get:- elm:$ startx X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Another box runs 4.0.1-8 and works but I can&#