Hi! As any normal user, when "startx" is launched, it says " user not authorized to run the X server." When I'm "root" either by login or via "su", the X Window is up and running( the mouse is also working)! I used the xf86config-v3 program as root to manually set X in a Debian 3.0 Linux system; under Debian 2.2, I've used xf86config dozens of times and encountered no problems with normal users. I chose not to use xdm. Will you please enlighten me on which things I may have overlooked?? Thanks very much! Fidel iconium@skyinet.net _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie