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Subject: Re: XDM authorization key matches an existing client
From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
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On Oct 27, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Eivind Evensen <eivinde@terraplane.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> Hello. On FreeBSD elg.hjerdalen.lokalnett 10.0-STABLE FreeBSD =
10.0-STABLE,
> I have a problem running certain X programs.
>=20
> They tell me:
> .milkytracker
> XDM authorization key matches an existing client!Couldn't initialize =
SDL:
> Couldn't open X11 display
>=20
>=20
> Using xhost +localhost works around the problem, but I'd rather not
> have to do that if avoidable.
>=20
> I can't really see anything in the options for sdl that seems to
> have an impact. Does anybody have any ideas where I can start to look?

I had a similar (IIRC) problem recently. Try appending
  DisplayManager*authName: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
to /usr/local/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-config and restart xdm and your session. =
That disables the XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 authentication which, in my case, =
solved the problem.

JN