Richard Adams wrote:
>
> On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > Richard Adams wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > > I recently had a system crash. I was able to put the filesystem back
> > > > together with fsck, but now I have the problem of not being able to
> > > > start the xserver for any of my users except root. I get the following
> > > > error message each time I try to start x.
> > > >
> > > > Authentication failed
> > > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > > giving up
> > > > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to Xserver
> > > > xinit: no such process (errno 3): Server error
> > >
> > > As to why it happes i hae never investigated, but all i need to do is
> > > reboot and then X will start.
> > >
> > > I expect its something to do with the auth daemon, but that is a
> > > guess.
> > >
> > > > I even get this error if I try to make a new user and run
> > > X. > I would appreciate any and all help with this problem TIA
> > > >
> > > > Lyndon Lininger Sr.
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > --
> > > Regards Richard
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I've tried re-booting several times, but no change. Is there a script
> > that controls what a new user has available to them?
> >
>
> Redirect the output of startx as 'startx 2> err.log then you may see
> what the problem is as all the text from the server will be saved to
> err.log
>
> > Lyndon Lininger Sr.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --
> Regards Richard
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I tried that and got the same output in err.log that I got on the
screen. Is there supposed to be anything in folder /usr/bin/auth?
Lyndon Lininger Sr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
