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Date:      Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:16:04 +0600 (NS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        lioux@linf.unb.br
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree 3.3.6 authentication failed?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002231114590.40927-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20000223021000.A74659@Fedaykin.here>

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hi, there!

On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 lioux@uol.com.br wrote:

> 	I am running monday's current, Mesa-glx for Riva, XFree 3.3.6 and
> KDE 1.1.2.  All from monday's ports tree.
> 	Well, I think I can't say I am running this system, for I am getting
> the following message whenever I try startx:
> 
> Authentication failed - cannot start X server.
> Perhaps you do not have console ownership?
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> giving up.
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

seems that you have built XFree with PAM support.
Just rebuild without PAM -- it's broken.

/fjoe



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