Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:31:38 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Danny J. Mitzel" <mitzel@Ipsilon.COM> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help with xauth under FreeBSD-2.2.2/XFree-3.2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980219153107.658O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199802190705.XAA11613@mailhost.Ipsilon.COM>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Danny J. Mitzel wrote: > I have a FreeBSD-2.2.2/XFree-3.2 system. I'm trying to get X started > using xauthority so that I can get exmh_bg process to work (which uses > tcl/tk 'send' requiring xauthority). > > if I run xdm, the X server [XF86_Mach64] gets started with authentication > enabled and an entry is created in the $HOME/.Xauthority. > > when I run my normal X startup script (which does > 'xinit -- -auth $HOME/.Xauthority') then xauthority is not enabled. > I'm using the same .Xauthority file that was generated by xdm, > and my startup script works fine on FreeBSD-2.1.0/XFree-3.2 and > FreeBSD-2.1.0/XFree-3.3.1 systems I have. Authority cookies aren't valid across X sessions. I would suggest using what works -- xdm :-) Did you also try running `startx' instead of `xinit' directly? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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