Created attachment 336764 [details]
attachment with results of  $ strace -o xterm.log xterm

Description of problem: cannot start xterm as normal user; as root there is no problem.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
X.Org 6.8.99.903(242)

How reproducible: in a gnome desktop use Alt-F2 to run application, enter xterm and press enter. Nothing happens. Open a gnome-terminal, type xterm [enter], nothing happens. 

In a gnome-terminal, su to root (su - , enter root password), type xterm, you get a xterm. 

Selinux is in permissive mode (does not change a thing from targeted mode)
Steps to Reproduce:
1. open gnome-terminal
2. su - to root
3. type xterm, then it works; under a normal user it does not work
  
Actual results:
xterm is borked for a normal user. I cannot use the citrix client because of this, I need to elevate privileges to be able to run programs that in fedora 9 run perfectly fine with the users privileges.

Expected results:
I expect xterm to work as a normal user.

Additional info:
attachment with results of strace -o xterm.log xterm