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I tried to edit the .xinitrc and now I have the following trouble booting into the gui

xauth: error in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority

giving up
xinit: connection refused (errno 111) unable to connect to x server
xinit: no such process (errno 3) server error
xauth: error in locking authority file /home/dsl/.Xauthority

I am still trying to learn, and I am going through growing pains such as this. Is this something I can fix or will I need to reinstall again? Thanks in advance.

All I did was put a '#' infront of the line starting with dillo. This is when the trouble started. I then went back and took out the '#', but I am still getting those errors.

What does your .xinitrc look like now?

Thanks for the reply, here is what it looks like:

#Put X windows programs that you want started here
#Be sure to add at the end of each command the &
if egrep -qv noicons /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null; then
enhance &>/dev/null &
fi
dillo /usr/share/doc/dsl/getting_started.html &>/dev/null &
fluxbox

That is it. I believe it is the way it was originally but am still having trouble.

yeah...that's the same as the original.

I think the problem is something else, and it sounds like .Xauthority is the trouble. Problem is i don't understand exactly what that file does....

Personally I'd try moving that file elsewhere temporarily and see if a new one is generated. I wouldn't delete it in case it can't be recreated.

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