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