problem with starting xorg after upgrade

[Scott Robbins]

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On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Dejan Lesjak wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 of January 2006 03:12, Scott Robbins wrote:
> > I have a problem somewhat similar to Mr. Nakaji.
> >
> > After upgrading to xorg-6.9.0, I would only be able to start X once.  If
> >
> > Each user could start X once.  However, once they ended their X session
> > and once again tried startx, they would get the same result.  I'm the
> > main user and use fluxbox, however when I tried using twm to see if it
> > was a fluxbox issue, I would get the same result.
> >
> >
> > CONTENTS of /var/log/Xorg.0.log  (note that the refcount 2 thing also
> > happens in 6.8.2, but doesn't seem to affect things)
> >
> [snip]
> > AUDIT: Tue Jan  3 20:46:54 2006: 30195 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> >   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> > AUDIT: Tue Jan  3 20:46:56 2006: 30195 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> >   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> > AUDIT: Tue Jan  3 20:46:58 2006: 30195 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> >   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> > AUDIT: Tue Jan  3 20:47:00 2006: 30195 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> >   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> > AUDIT: Tue Jan  3 20:47:02 2006: 30195 X: client 1 rejected from local host
> >   Auth name: MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 ID: -1
> 
> This seems to be the trouble (client would probably be fluxbox or twm here). 
> The only notable difference to Xauthority related stuff seems to be that 
> startx now adds tokens to ~/.serverauth.<startx_PID> besides the usual 
> ~/.Xauthority file. Are you doing something unusual with XAUTHORITY 
> variables? Is ~/.Xauthority file of user empty when X is shut down? Are 
> permissions of /tmp/.X11-unix as they should be - somewhat like this:
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root  wheel  512 Jan  1 08:36 /tmp/.X11-unix
> ?
> 

Yes, the clients were fluxbox and twm.  

.Xauthority has always been a bit weird on this box--it has trouble
locking or sometimes does an xauth.core.  I've gotten so used to that
that I stupidly forgot to mention it.  Some googling when it happened
(from the time I first got the MB) indicated that it was some problem
between X and the via card, and was basically  harmless, so I never
investigated it.  

The upgrade to xorg-6.9.0 went without issue on the other box (with an
ATI card) so I still wonder if this xauthority issue has to do with the
card. (It was so long ago that I googled--as I said, when I first put in
the MB) I've forgotten the issues.   

I will try again tonight, perhaps removing .Xauthority each time I close
X.  

Thank you   



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Scott

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