Thank you sir, that worked like a charm. i had tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and xserver-svga a million times, forgot about the common. DOH! Tim Sandquist wrote: > Ok, got it. > > run: > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-common > > I'm not sure if the xserver-common package is broken or what but I don't > remember seeing this config option when I upgraded. > > Oh well, it works now. > > Tim > > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:45:22AM -0600, Tim Sandquist wrote: > >> I was just experiencing this same error. >> My roommate is on debian-users so I'll ask him if he has seen >> anything about this. >> >> Tim >> >> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 10:13:18AM -0600, Jason J wrote: >> >>> Running Debian Woody. Finally decided to try the X 4.0.1 packages. >>> Installed them. Now i get the following error >>> >>> X: *user not authorized to run the X server*, aborting. >>> >>> I switched back to 3.3.6 and that same error is still there. So its >>> something independent of there configs. >>> Root has no problem start 4 or 3. I created a fresh user just as a test, >>> and that user gets the same error. Only root can start the server, but i >>> cant find where I can change that to allow all users. >>> >>> I got rid of the rootonly line in Xwrappers >>> I change the second line of Xsession to Anybody just to make sure. >>> >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tclug-list mailing list >>> tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >>> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tclug-list mailing list >> tclug-list at lists.real-time.com >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list