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Quote:>The Subject says it all.  I just reistalled Linux onto a new
>Hd and Xwindows wont run with any other user other than root.
>I figure their is a file that has the wrong  file permissions.
>If anyone out has had this problem and knows how to fix would
>you please let me know.
>                                    Thanks for any info,

Jim Ahlstrom              $clever

  % Do an "ls -la" in /tmp.  There is a file ".X11-unix" there which is
  % used for communication by the server.  Change its mode to 777.

You would also need to check that your X server XF86_* is also
suid root. chmod 4755 XF86_* should fix it. ie, you shld get file
permissions rwsr-xr-x for the server file.

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In case you are interested, X runs as a server process, and your app
runs as a client process.  This file (a socket) provides interprocess
communication for X.  The stipled background is created by the X server,
but nothing further happens because the app can not talk to it.
The X install procedure should check for proper permissions on this file.

Also, in a jam, you can kill the server with control-alt-backspace.

Jim Ahlstrom              $clever