> > Pat > > I had much the same problem (described in a posting to this list on 2001/Dec/31) except that I am > using Redhat-7.1, and that i succeeded zero times as non-root user using startx. > > For me the solution was to create /var/lock/console/USERNAME. I cannot find one single word of > documentation on the purpose of such a file anywhere in the universe !! I tried that, but it didn't solved anything... Thanks anyway. Pat
