From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 28 14:34:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C1B10656BF for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:34:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.13.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D0F4F8FC1B for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:34:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 9292 invoked from network); 28 Jul 2009 14:34:48 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Received:X-Virus-Status:X-Virus-Scanned:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Reply-To:Organization:X-Mailer:Face:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=q35mEbJ/ReRtYi05cR3iv+uSN5nocSnhp+jGdw0XfGQouDXDi9kby4zSN7qr9A0ldrBRoOOnjj/kIUCqKJROHut9k2GK04SFYkQ+0Tl+VgPmWm+piq1zwgjcISPVEXkj4Nj+i1G3YR+H2UR+rjHw/Z/B6wJFy0/y7NRYOaauonY= ; Received: from c-76-23-177-172.hsd1.ny.comcast.net (gesbbb@76.23.177.172 with login) by smtp104.prem.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Jul 2009 07:34:47 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: yeAAMgKswBATCul4lSbCWspvTA-- X-YMail-OSG: u19gLigVM1npYazhPAHv_roaU5ohizn4ss5BKc7ksdkn4rvOHF.P9yJ28ygfnf71xAES2uCltfD6hF8LUXfscW0h50jns0OILccCaF42DQXxY20nYSkBEtNvVo1dPt62fobXQnejqx3Z1smWok7k_h2AUV4cCay12lBlIDyD835AWtQ7mMzvGAkSGZhoIVUyJWSMF_pWaZDhyok7x6f.TcNOmq2vde0abR4TmU0VCbYp0acBIY90lGJ4vqfNwg8h0usGEog6TJXr9lHz2hsInMz_uqgmXPQrZEKb1RMrK.0SPQw8NP5OSc2m48goRMuDBS96TXpE X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: gesbbb@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 86A02229E1 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:34:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.2 at scorpio.seibercom.net Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:34:47 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090728103447.2a131fe2@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.5; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Face: 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 X-Face: "\j?x](l|]4p?-1Bf@!wN<&p=$.}^k-HgL}cJKbQZ3r#Ar]\%U(#6}'?<3s7%(%(gxJxxcR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: problem with startx..! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:34:53 -0000 On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:54:08 +0300 thanos trompoukis wrote: > *Hi all, > > I login to my system and try to type: startx > I get a blank screen (grey colored) that I can see my mouse and > nothing else. > and after a few minutes I get this message:* > > *AUDIT: Tue Jul 28 16:38:34 2009: 983 x: client 1 rejected from local > host Xlib: conneciton to ":0.0" refused by Server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > ... > giving up > /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit unable to connect to X server > > > waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/msc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing. > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: Server error > /usr/X11R6/bin/Xauth: error in locking authority file > /home/efialtis/.Xauthority* > > > > *I use KDE 3.5 But when I try "startx" as root it works, and is > loading KDE fine. > What's wrong? > > *recently I change the font (I don't know if this related with) I have heard of a problem when X is started as root and then later started as an ordinary user. Evidently, the permissions on the files, and directories are set for root and the regular user cannot access them. I am not sure if that is the problem in your case; however, the fact that X works as root might be an indication of it. You might want to check the appropriate directory and file ownership's and permissions. -- Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com "Then you admit confirming not denying you ever said that?" "NO! ... I mean Yes! WHAT?" "I'll put `maybe.'" -- Bloom County