From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 16:52:22 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 62EA616A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:52:22 +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 1EBF143D46 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:52:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rperry@gti.net) Received: from [208.216.122.15] (morr0615.gti.net [208.216.122.15]) by apollo.gti.net (mail) with ESMTP id 6F52C362CC for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:48:08 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43DE445A.3040904@gti.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:52:42 -0500 From: Bob Perry User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060114) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <43DC4330.6080607@gti.net> <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:52:22 -0000 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bob Perry writes: > > >> 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. >> > > Sounds like you have a stale authority file. Try just deleting it > before the next time you start up... > > Bingo! It works...but what is a stale authority file and how do you avoid them? Thnx, Bob