----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Could you send me the output of "sh -x `which startx`" ? Strangely "which startx" returns nothing for both root and an ordinary user .. however ... "which xinit" returns ottaky@linux:~> which xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23142 Jan 15 21:09 /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit doing a manual find for startx says: linux:/home/ottaky # find / -name 'startx' /root/xc/xc/programs/xinit/startx /usr/X11R6/bin/startx -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3020 Jan 15 21:09 /usr/X11R6/bin/startx and for xinit: linux:/home/ottaky # find / -name 'xinit' /etc/X11/xinit /root/xc/xc/programs/xinit /root/xc/xc/programs/xinit/xinit /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit My PATH=/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin sjb _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert