Cannot connect to X Server

[Frohike]

I get this message whenever I try to run startfluxbox. I have tried startx and have it setup to launch fluxbox as the windows manager. When I use startx it launches, goes to vt7 and then comes back to a prompt with NO ERROR message. When I use startfluxbox I get the error message: Cannot connect to X Server. I just launch X and I get a graphical environment and everything works fine with no window manager. I am running T30 IBM Thinkpad 1.6Ghz, 1GB RAM, ATI 7500 Mobility, Gentoo 2005.1, 2.6 kernel.
If you need any other information let me know

[spencerf]

try

exec fluxbox OR exec startfluxbox

in your ~/.xinitrc file

[gruven]

It would help to know the contents of your Xorg log file.

It is in /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[Frohike]

I added exec infront of fluxbox within the xinitrc file

It looks like this:

exec fluxbox

instead of this

fluxbox &

I do not understand why it works now but it does

[oz]

I added exec infront of fluxbox within the xinitrc file

It looks like this:

exec fluxbox

instead of this

fluxbox &

I do not understand why it works now but it does

It's because that is the correct command from within .xinitrc:

# exec fvwm
# exec icewm
# exec pekwm
# exec fluxbox
# exec openbox
# exec startxfce4

They all start that way... you can remove any you don't want, or you add others and simply uncomment whichever one you want to run.