Kevin: You might try blowing away the .Xauthority file in your home directory, then launch it again.
-Jeff On Sat, 4 May 2002, Kevin Horton wrote: > XFree86 was working very well, but suddenly I can't get it to launch. > I get the following output in Terminal.app: > > [cube:~] kwh% startx -- -quartz > > 2002-05-04 07:54:36.790 XDarwin[438] > XDarwin 1.1 > Running in parallel with Mac OS X Quartz window server. > > XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 18 January 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: Darwin > Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping. > _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root > Display mode: Rootless Quartz > Screen 0 added: 1024x747 @ (0,21) > Screen 0 placed at X11 coordinate (0,0). > AUDIT: Sat May 4 07:54:51 2002: 438 XDarwin: client 1 rejected from local host > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . > AUDIT: Sat May 4 07:54:53 2002: 438 XDarwin: client 1 rejected from local host > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > .. > AUDIT: Sat May 4 07:54:55 2002: 438 XDarwin: client 1 rejected from local host > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > =========== > The last several lines are repeated many, many times, and it finally > gives up and dies completely: > > .. > giving up. > xinit: unable to connect to X server > > waiting for X server to shut down .......... > > xinit: X server slow to shut down, sending KILL signal. > > xinit: Server error. > > > =========== > The variant of XDarwin that comes with OroborOSX still works > correctly. I had made a few recent changes on my system, but I put > them back to the way they were with no improvement (changed hostname, > enabled X forwarding in /etc/sshd_config). I can't recall any other > changes I made (I should be keeping a log of these things). > > There is no relevant info in the console log or system log. > > This smells like some sort of configuration foul up, but I haven't > got a clue where to look. Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > > Kevin > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply > the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/CDC R/CDC1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Web : www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users