Re: [PLUG] Connection to x-server refused

[LeRoy Cressy <lcressy@telocity.com>]

This is just a thought, but are you running anything in the fore ground
besides the window manager?  For instance if one of the menus is
configured to run a specific app without the & at the end then you
cannot go back to the window manager.  Xauth seems to be OK if you can
kppp as root at the start of the session.

Arthur Alexion wrote:
> 
> YES! . . . but
> 1.I can only run kppp as root, and
> 2.most of the time (i.e. Shortly after starting x) running kppp as root
> causes no problems.
> This only seems to happen on the third or fourth day after starting x.
> 
> Art
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> On 7/31/01, 3:57:07 PM, Kevin Brosius <kbrosius@kns.com> wrote regarding
> Re: [PLUG] Connection to x-server refused:
> 
> > Kevin Brosius wrote:
> 
> > Just an observation...
> 
> > Running a google search like
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=xlib+connection+refused+magic
> > yields a bunch of hits.  One of the common threads is that the error you
> > are seeing may be caused when trying to run an app as a different user
> > than the one starting the X server.  Are you running the X server as a
> > normal user, but trying to run 'kppp' as root?
> 
> > --
> > Kevin Brosius
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