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Is answered nearly every day on this list. Mark. On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, xscui wrote: > Hi,xfree86£¬ > > I am a Chinese student,and I am a beginner of Linux.I used to use RedHat Linux > 8.0,but I have a problem now,I beg your help,Thank you every much ! > > My trouble is that I can't login normally,but I can login text mode.The system > will tell me some message as "Server Authorization directory (daemon/ServAuthDir) is > set to /var/gdm but this does not exist.Please correct gdm configuration > /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and restart gdm".The message will appear in every few seconds. > > I noticed that when the system startup,something have wrong.One looks as this: > "Start Sm-client : can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueuel):Permission denied > Program mode requires special privileges,e.g.,root or TrustedUser.[FAILED]" > > I also check the files by myself,I opened /var/gdm (/var/gdm looks like a > directory,but I can "vi /var/gdm").The content is as below (6 lines): > "Press ? for keyboard shortcuts > "Sorted by name (.bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj at end of list) > "=/var/gdm/ > ./ > fonts.cache-1 > :0.Xservers > > I think there is a file called :0.Xservers in the directory /var/gdm/ ,and the > file maybe as below(1 line): > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 > > > At first I look for answer in internet by google,I have tried changing the > attribute of /var/gdm ,but it failed still. later ,I want to use startx to get into > GUI ,I see some information about your mail ,so I write to you to beg your > help.Please help me ,I also give you some files copy from my computer. The files > include > "/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf"¡¢"etc/X11/gdm/factory-gdm.conf"¡¢"/etc/X11/XF86config" and > "/var/log/XFree86.0.log" > > Thanks a lot!! > > > ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡xscui > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡2003-06-20 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86