Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:36:31 -0500 From: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File Message-ID: <43E831DF.6090503@gti.net> In-Reply-To: <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <43DC4330.6080607@gti.net> <441wypu812.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > 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 >> (snip) >> /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 >>>> >> cd /home/rperry >> ls -l .Xauthority >> -rw-------1 root rperry 112 Jan 28 22:13 .Xauthority >> >> 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... This is essentially a follow-up to my original issue. I removed the .Xauthority file but it returns and I'm still unable to get into the gnome desktop. Any other suggestions are welcome. thnx, Bob
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?43E831DF.6090503>