so this is the error message I have when I try to run gaim and firefox and thunderbird and etc....
list goes on and on

the actual output is ...

078625d@078625d-nb:~> gaim
gaim: symbol lookup error: /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_screen_set_resolution_libgtk_only
078625d@078625d-nb:~> firefox
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_screen_set_resolution_libgtk_only


from root i get this..

dyna180-62:~ # firefox
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified


(firefox-bin:5588): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
dyna180-62:~ # gaim
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified


(gaim:5591): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)' failed

** (gaim:5591): WARNING **: cannot open display: unset


I have uninstalled and reinstalled lib glib, gtk2, gtk, and reinstalled gaim to no avail.
what am i doing wrong!!!
please help

does 'xhost localhost' help at all?

no nothing happened for root just...
dyna180-62:~ # xhost localhost
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xhost: unable to open display ":0.0"

and normal shell

078625d@dyna180-62:~> xhost localhost
localhost being added to access control list
078625d@dyna180-62:~> firefox
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin: symbol lookup error: /opt/gnome/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: gdk_screen_set_resolution_libgtk_only

same deal.
Have you ever seen anything like this before?
I am totally stumped.

anyone out there

hi guys,

I had similar trouble with starting X after the recent update of xorg.
I did an upgrade of Suse 10 to 10.1 a while ago.
Already i had trouble with X rights, namely when starting yast i got a request for password, after which Yast did not start.
Then, when doing xhost + all went well.

Things got worse after the upgrade, i could not start x at all.
I went trouble shooting as root in init 3, seeing that when starting X i got output connection refused to local host.

I found by googling that somebody had a similar problem and he was advised to remove .Xauthority for that user.
Well, I found that file under /root and removed it.
My normal user did not have one.
After doing startx it worked as root and after a reboot the normal user logged in as well .
Also the trouble with yast is fixed .

seems like a bug in the upgrade..

hope this helps anyone!