[Fwd: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File]

[Bob Perry]

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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 23:23:12 -0500
From: Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net>
To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org

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.

One respondent questioned the existence of the .Xauthority file and 
suggested I remove it. I did but it returns.  Even access as root fails 
the second time around.  In addition, when I access via root, the screen 
resolution is 640 x 480, I believe, with only that one option available 
in the desktop screen resolution dialogue box.

Thanks,
Bob Perry