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Date:      Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:25:12 -0600
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Jeff Sandys <sandysj@juno.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: User startx ?
Message-ID:  <4060D568.1040605@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <40609DC9.879BF45F@juno.com>
References:  <40609DC9.879BF45F@juno.com>

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Jeff Sandys wrote:

>As root I can start X-windows with startx,
>but as a user I get this message:
>xauth: timeout in locking authority file ...
>
>
>  
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[snip]

>How can users start X-windows?
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff Sandys
>  
>
Been there, but it's been a while.

Check perms on $HOMEDIR/.Xauthority

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.



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