Johannes, Took your advice, and that seems to have worked.
$ xhost +local non-network local connection being added to access control list $ su Password: # So I gave root access to the X server. Still don't understand why I had to do this rather than it being the default setup with an installation. Thanks! Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]