Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File

[Lowell Gilbert]

Bob Perry <rperry at 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...