From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 17:18:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C555C16A420 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:18:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from apollo.gti.net (apollo.gti.net [199.171.27.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 801DA43D45 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:18:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from [208.216.122.27] (morr0627.gti.net [208.216.122.27]) by apollo.gti.net (mail) with ESMTP id E289235EA8; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:14:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43EF6DF5.3090709@gti.net> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:18:45 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lowell Gilbert References: <43DC4330.6080607@gti.net> <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <43DE445A.3040904@gti.net> <44ek2p5ppq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <44ek2p5ppq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:18:46 -0000 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry writes: > >> Bingo! It works...but what is a stale authority file and how do you >> avoid them? > > "Stale" is a technical term that means pretty much the same thing it > does in your kitchen: something that should've been thrown out before > now. I haven't seen one in a long time, so I'm not sure where yours > came from, but a system crash might leave one behind. > > Not sure if I updated folks on this but the problem persists. (E-mail problems). I've since requested assistance from the gnome and x11 mailing list since the problem started following recent upgrades to those ports. Purpose here is to thank you for your assistance if I neglected to do so earlier. Bob Perry