21 Feb
2005
21 Feb
'05
08:35
On Monday 21 February 2005 02:29, Chris Carlen wrote:
anok@ting:~> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client! (firefox-bin:5671): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
"XDM authorization key matches an existing client" doesn't mean "you are not authorized". This is an old problem and it has nothing to do with running as root, so sux or kdesu won't help Here's what you need to do: first turn off x authentication completely with "xhost +" (run as your regular user). Then run firefox once and let it start up, then close it down and re-enable x authentication with "xhost -" (again, run as your regular user). After that, things should work again as normal