Re: [despammed] X does not start

[Hector Akamine <akamine@example.com>]

"roylo" <roylo@example.com> wrote:

> 2 quick questions for you
> a.) did you turn off xfs?

ps -ax shows the following 

585	 ? 	S	0:00	xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1

I don't know if this answers the question

> b.) were you playing with any type of  port filters? (firewall [ipchains,
> netfilter] or hosts.deny)

No



> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott" <scottro@example.com>
> To: <tlug@example.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [despammed] X does not start
> 
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Hector Akamine" <akamine@example.com>
> > To: <tlug@example.com>
> > Cc: <akamine@example.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:42 PM
> > Subject: [despammed] X does not start
> >
> >
> > > Hi everybody
> > >
> > > My computer suddenly refused to start X
> > >
> > > AUDIT: Thu Aug 30 09:41:16 2001: 6343 X: client 1 rejected from local
> > > host
> > > Xlib: connection to ":0:0" refused by server
> > > Xlib: client is not authorized to connect to server
> > >
> > > Did any file get corrupted? How can I fix it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I haven't played with Vine Linux, but I believe it's an offshoot of RH,
> > right?
> >
> > See if there's a file in the home directory (of whatever user or all
> users)
> > called .Xclients  or .Xclients-default.  (Which might have been created if
> > you used the switchdesk command)
> > chmod 500 .Xclients
> >
> > See if that works.  Not sure if your problem is quite identical to one
> that
> > I had, but it sounds similar and that's how I fixed it.
> > HTH
> > Scott
> >