On 2011-07-22, Cousin Stanley <cousinstan...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Liam O'Toole wrote .... > >>> gdm should create .Xauthority for you, >>> without the need to manually do the xauth stuff. > > That's what I thought too > after reading the xauth man page .... > > "Normally xauth is not used > to create the authority file entry > in the first place; the program > that starts the X Server > ( often xdm or startx ) does that." > > However, testing in this particular context > doesn't provide either a new .Xauthority > file if one doesn't exist in my home dir > and doesn't provide an entry in an emply > .Xauthority file if I first create one > via touch .... > > I just re-tested to make sure .... > > o delete ~/.Xautority > o reboot or logout to restart X no difference > o A new .Xauthority file is not created > o No entries are added > to an empty .Xauthority file > > However, with an empty .Xauthority file > there is no invalid-magic-cookie message, > but disply // X server connection problems .... > > $ xdpyinfo > No protocol specified > unable to open display ":0.0" > > $ opera > No protocol specified > cannot connect to X server :0.0 > Connection refused > > $ gimp > .... > No protocol specified > Cannot open display > >>> You are talking about starting applications f >>> from a terminal emulator such as gnome-terminal, >>> and not from the console, right ? > > Right. > > The tests I just listed above > were done using gnome terminal .... > > If I now manually use xauth > to add the magic cookies into > an emplty .Xauthority file, > then they float up as invalid > whenever I try to start programs > as above ....
I think something is broken in the terminal emulator. You are able to launch gnome-terminal itself (presumably from the menu or the Alt-F2 dialog), but then something within that environment is causing your problem. I suggest you try launching from xterm. If it works there, compare the output of the 'env' command in the two terminals. > > Perhaps if the X server display problem > is first straightened out then the xauth > magic cookie problem will fall into place .... > > Perhaps not .... > > Thanks a lot for the help and feedback .... > > I really appreciate it .... > No problem. Hope it helps. -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnj2l88r.5p0.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
