Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 23:59:04 -0600 From: reg@dwf.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization) Message-ID: <201509210559.t8L5x4st013836@deneb.dwf.com>
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I am getting the message in the Subject line when running exmh.
Here is a more complete version of the messages:
BgLostPid ps 2456: PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
child process exited abnormally
BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command
ignored
BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command
ignored
BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command
ignored
BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command
ignored
BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command
ignored
exmh-bg cannot rendez-vous with UI - exiting.
Usually this is because Tk send is not working.
Check the notes under Frequently Asked Questions #4a and #4b.
You can find this under the Help menu.
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I am not sure where this FAQ is that they are referring to.
I vaguely remember this MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 stuff from setting up a sun
years ago, but don't remember the details.
I added the following to my .login, on the assumption that it
would fix the problem, but it doesn't;
setenv cookie `date +%s%s%s%s | cut -c-32`
xauth add unix:0.0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 $cookie
xauth add `hostname -f1` :0.0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 $cookie
/usr/local/bin/X -auth /home/reg/.Xauthority
What should I be doing?
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Reg.Clemens
reg@dwf.com
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