From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 07:33:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02BE616A420 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:33:34 +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 1BC0943D88 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:33:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from [208.216.115.98] (ts6m-pool0-98.gti.net [208.216.115.98]) by apollo.gti.net (mail) with ESMTP id 28B27358DC for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:27:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43ED9311.9090803@gti.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:32:33 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: [Fwd: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File] X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:33:34 -0000 This message was originally posted to another mailing list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:23:12 -0500 From: Bob Perry To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Hi everyone, I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0 and just completed weekly upgrade. Now when I run "startx", I can not connect to the graphical display window. I simply see the gray screen with the small x in the middle. I went back to the command line to review the text immediately following the startx command and the first line reads: xauth: creating new authority file /home/rperry/.serverauth.8414; then, repeated four (4) times is the following: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/rperry/.Xauthority (skip) error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy AUDIT: Sat Jan 28...8433 X: client 1 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified I have no problem running startx as root. cd /home/rperry ls -l .Xauthority -rw-------1 root rperry 112 Jan 28 22:13 .Xauthority FWIW, also had trouble running portupgrade due to repeated timeouts and/or loss of connections. Is there a location that lists the error messages like the one I encountered? Tried Google and the mailing list archives but wasn't able to resolve the issue. Any assistance would be appreciated. One respondent questioned the existence of the .Xauthority file and suggested I remove it. I did but it returns. Even access as root fails the second time around. In addition, when I access via root, the screen resolution is 640 x 480, I believe, with only that one option available in the desktop screen resolution dialogue box. Thanks, Bob Perry