startx doesn't work (server connection fails)

[Chris]

Dea all,

when I try the "startx" command it results in an endless loop of:

> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified

It says connection to server has been refused and here is no protocol specified.
I actually have no idea how to set a connection and to specify a protocol.
Does anyone know what to do to start GNU-Darwin in this case?

> XFree86 Version 4.4.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> [DRI] screen 0 installation complete
> Screen 0 added: 1280x1024 @ (0,0)
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
> AUDIT: Sun Aug 12 12:22:27 2007: 533 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
>
> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> ..
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> ..
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> ..
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified

[Chris]

ok, the solution was to run the startx command as root user. now gnu-darwin starts and works fine. :-)

[proclus realm]

One thing to try might be to launch XDarwin directly.  If that runs, then the problem might be in the .xinitrc or .xsession files in the home directory.

I use xinit instead of startx so that there is apparently no need to shroot the XServer.  You can though.

chmod 4755 `which XDarwin`

It sounds like startx might work for you after running that command.

Regards,
proclus
http://www.gnu-darwin.org/