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when i enter this command (to switch to us keyboard layout from dvorak): setxkbmap us i get this error message (this started happening after i started using lenny) : Xlib: ...
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    Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified

    when i enter this command (to switch to us keyboard layout from dvorak):

    setxkbmap us

    i get this error message (this started happening after i started using lenny) :

    Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
    Xlib: No protocol specified

    it also happened when i tried some other often used command, which i don't remember.

    i don't know if the following is related, but emacs is unable to locate the ruby.el file, even though it's right there in the emacs folder.
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    is X-server (GUI) working properly?
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    there are no other symptoms that it isn't. how do i check?
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    are you executing that command in 'Command line mode' or in Konsole/Terminal of GUI? does Debian boot up in GUI mode? whats the output of 'startx' command?
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    kde starts up in gui mode, and i enter the command from a terminal in x.

    when i enter 'startx' (already running x), i get the following output:

    xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.3268
    xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
    xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority

    X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0

    Fatal server error:
    Server is already active for display 0
    If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
    and start again.

    Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
    Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
    giving up.
    xinit: unable to connect to X server
    xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.


    the bottom four lines look like they represent an error that would be there even if x wasn't already running.
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    are you executing 'su' command before 'setxkbmap'?
    this error pops up only if non-authorized user try to access X. 'root' login is disable in debian. in other words, 'root' user is not authorized to execute that command.
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    yes, i was 'su'. i tried it without being 'su', and it worked. thank you!
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    you are Welcome memius !

    check the manual of 'xhost' command. it allows non-authorized users to access X server temporarily.
    man xhost.
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