Date: 30 Jan 2006 09:04:09 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File Message-ID: <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <43DC4330.6080607@gti.net> References: <43DC4330.6080607@gti.net>
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Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> 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...
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