Hi, Finally got this working!!
I have found a potential Workaround to the following error: >/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp >and > utmp > /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a >-w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -1 >":0" >"test" >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server >Xlib: No protocol specified > Some prerequisites: I'm running Fedora Core 1 ( stock install ) with pam_mount mounting my home directory on the PDC. I'm reluctantly using GDM ( not my favorite but it will do ) Last, I'm using KDE, but GNOME works too. First, I followed suggestions from previous posts, and did a little tweaking on my own, which include the following: a) I've added the following to the user's .bash_profile: export XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.Xauthority export ICEAUTHORITY=/tmp/.ICEauthority b) NOTE: gnome doesn't require this step. I did some editing of my /usr/bin/startkde script to move all .kde and .kderc etc... files OUT of the home directory. From what I can tell, limits in the SMBFS are not allowing kde to start successfully. (sockets??) This is a heavy workaround, but works nicely in our environment. If you would like details on this fix let me know. **Despite these changes, the above mentioned error was still appearing.** **Here is what I've done:** 1) add the following to the file: /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default XHOST=`which xhost 2>/dev/null` if [ "x$XHOST" != "x" ] ; then echo "Executing xhost +localhost.." exec "$XHOST" +localhost fi I think it's important to add this before the following line: SESSREG=`which sessreg 2>/dev/null` ... Essentially, I'm executing the following command: "xhost +localhost". I used their conventions for running a command, hence the if statement etc... 2) I'm pretty sure you need to restart GDM. 3) now go ahead and log in. It will work perfectly!!! I don't know enough about X to give you a complete explanation for the fix, but using xhost in this fashion allows any user on the host "localhost" to connect to the X server. Without it, the connection is refused, hence the error you were getting. I would gladly accept any feedback or comments on this fix. I'm also very curious if anybody else tried running a GUI with their home directory mounted via SMBFS or NFS? I've attempted both and found SMBFS to be a adequate. This issue was the last to get over. Now I must go through and refine different aspects -- Ben Ford Bio-Logic Aqua Technologies 5001 Lower River Rd Grants Pass, OR 97526 800-FOR-MIST (367-6478) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba