Connection Refused to local user (Was: Re:X server problems)

[Paul Mora]

Hi.

Assuming you are using the XFree86 (not X.org) software, you should be
able to start the X server, have it parse the config file, and exit
without starting the desktop environment, window manager, and all that
other stuff.  Just type "X -probeonly" at a shell prompt.

Also, XFree86 dumps a log of all the X server startup messages in
/var/log/XFree86.#.log, where # is the display number (ie.
/var/log/XFree86.0.log for display 0:0).

On distros that use X.org, it's /var/log/Xorg.#.log.

This may give you an indication as to why it was failing.

pm

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