> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Birchall, Richard
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 8:46 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Installing Mandrake Upgrades
>
>
> michael.thorp [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
>
> >The exact error message is as follows:
> >
> >Authentication failed
> >_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> >giving up.
> >xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> >xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
> >
> >This looks like a problem with the pam modules, but I have upgraded
> >them with no luck. When I use the root login, startx works just
> >fine, but when I use my login, I get the above error.
>
>
> As a workaround try:
>
> edit /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config and change (or comment out these lines):
>
> DisplayManager._0.authorize: true
> DisplayManager._1.authorize: true
>
> to:
> DisplayManager._0.authorize: false
> DisplayManager._1.authorize: false
>
>
I have a feeling this problem is actually with your .xinitrc and .xsession
files in your home directory. The important part of those error messages is
xinit: No such process - whatever program you were trying to run can't
connect to the X server, not because it's refused a connection, but because
it's failed to start up properly. Both my .xinitrc and .xsession files
simply contain the following:
/opt/kde/bin/kde (at least I think they do; I'm not using linux at the
moment)
Good luck,
Owen
