What I found out as well is that the file "libXau.so.6" cannot be found in 
the /usr/X11/lib/ directory.

btw, what's the command for search or find? ;)

Thx!

Robin

"Andy Ruhl" <acruhl@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:78a2305a0502152016ef47243@mail.gmail.com...
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:11:21 -0700, Robin L. <direct2system@yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>> Thanks Andy for your super fast reply to my call for help ... :)
>>
>> Unfortunately, I still get the 'Shared object "libXau.so.6" not found' 
>> error
>> when I run startx
>>
>> then after that I get
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errorno = 2
>> giving up.
>> xinit:  No such file or directory (errorno 2):  unable to connect to X
>> server
>> xinit:  No such process (errorno 3):  Server error
>>
>> Any clue? Thx!
>>
>> Robin
>
> I have no idea if this is related, but do you have the permissions on
> your /tmp directory set properly? They should be 1777.
>
> Andy
>