Well i don't see anything in my configs about a chroot, only a home directory for apache (/etc/httpd) and a working directory (/var/www); but i tried what you said anyway and it didn't work. I also tried setting the owner and group to "root" (because i've seen that stated in NUMEROUS threads in google results) and that didn't work either. Just for the heck of it, i also tried creating a /home/apache folder, in case xorg was trying to execute and and store in the typical fashion, which did no good. I also created a /etc/httpd/tmp/.X11-unix, which also did not work. I'm stumped. But it seems that if the case were that apache was chrooted, then i agree that it should be in your specified location (which was made evident by missing gnome folder errors for that directory). Ok, HERE is what i am still interested in, with these results: Apache DOES launch Xorg, Apache does NOT launch Firefox, Apache DOES take a screenshot (of an empty x background). So, somewhere in the middle is where the error lies. It seems that the error i stated previously is NOT preventing apache from launching Xvfb or import (Image Magick), but yet it IS preventing firefox from launching. I know that FF is tied in closely with Gnome (FF is GTK, right?), so, i just wonder if there is something else that i can try in FF's place........... but it would also have to be independent of KDE. Is there a generic X-browser (sorry, i'm an FF fanboy, so i don't know)? Thanx! <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Adam Jackson <<a href="mailto:ajax@nwnk.net">ajax@nwnk.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 17:17 -0500, Vector Thorn wrote: </div><div class="im">> [^v^] cat /var/log/httpd/error_log | tail > xauth: creating new authority file /tmp/xvfb_1_at_a_time > _XSERVTransmkdir: ERROR: (l)stat failed for /tmp/.X11-unix (13) > _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, > errno = 13 > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for > unix > Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":66.0". > firefox: no process killed > > I'm not sure why it's trying to create that directory when it is > already there; furthermore, why it is trying to create it when run by > APACHE, but not when run by a USER... </div><div><div class="h5">If I had to guess, you're running apache in a chroot, which means you need to precreate /tmp/.X11-unix in the chroot, which would probably be /var/www/tmp/.X11-unix. - ajax </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Vector Thorn, Ionisis <a href="http://Ionisis.com">http://Ionisis.com</a> <a href="http://LinuxIntro.com">http://LinuxIntro.com</a> <a href="http://TheReformProject.com">http://TheReformProject.com</a> <a href="http://eInformationManager.com">http://eInformationManager.com</a> <a href="http://eInformationOrganizer.com">http://eInformationOrganizer.com</a> <a href="http://InHomeHealthCareAgency.com">http://InHomeHealthCareAgency.com</a> All websites are under development