> I know this is probably a basic error, but when I type startx on an i386
> system using 1.4 I get:
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

That message is a symptom of X dying, rather than a cause, so it doesn't
really help. You'll need a log of what is failing to diagnose the problem.
Something like

startx >& startx.log

will do the trick assuming you're using a c-shell based shell.

	- Joel Reicher