Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:54:05 -0500 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in, Locking Authority File Message-ID: <20060216055405.GB6213@mail.scottro.net> In-Reply-To: <43F40518.8000003@gti.net> References: <43F40518.8000003@gti.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 11:52:40PM -0500, Bob Perry wrote: > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > I have no problem running startx as root. I wrote: >> I had a similar problem, although in my case, I suspect it's due to some >> cheap hardware. >> >> At any rate, before starting X try > >> xauth -b quit >> >> This will break any locks. (If your problem has similar causes as mine >> did, there will be an .Xauthority, and a couple of others--.Xauthority-c >> and .Xauthority-l, if I remember correctly.) > > Hi Scott, > I ran the command, xauth -b quit, but no change. You are correct however, in > that two files, .Xauthority-c and .Xauthority-l, were present. Now only > .Xauthority remains. > > Not sure what my next steps are. > > Bob Hrrm, I'm not sure either. The xauth -b quit should remove those two files. It was explained to me on this list that they're lock files that weren't properly removed. Also, I missed that you could run it as root, which means it probably has a different cause. It's probably some silly permissions issue that we're overlooking. - -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Cordelia: Buffy, these men are rich, and I am not being shallow. Think of all the poor people I could help with all my money. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD9BN9+lTVdes0Z9YRAnNfAKC1aR4UsYPMucAiWYaJGF0swdGd1wCdGnS0 uoQCLbUmFxC9kBM9EuJGfgE= =RH1T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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