Bryan Zimmer wrote: > Greetings, > > I used to have an installation of Cygwin that, when I did a "startx", > I = got the server startup, the twm window manager, a couple of xterms > and ="oclock". Now, I run startx and all I get is the blank server > screen. = When I exit, I get a message to the effect of Xlib: not > authorized to = connect to display :0.0. > > What am I doing wrong? I know a bit of Unix, but my knowledge of X > falls = short. I don't know how to authorize Xlib to connect to > display :0.0. > > Any help will be appreciated with respect. >
You almost certainly have a .Xauthority file in your home directory. Delete it and xstart will work again. Steven