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From: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net>
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Subject: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File
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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.

Thanks,
Bob Perry