Greg, I tried your suggested correction. I got a somewhat different error message with same underlying conclusion: Log File: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 10 10:18:46 2003 Using Config File: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" SESSION_MANAGER=local/Amalaki:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1643 AUDIT: Thu Apr 10 10:18:59 2003 1631 X: client 4 rejected from local host. No fonts found. yadda yadda yadda