I have the same problem (on 14.04) Error-Message: Expecting 1633 bytes, got 47 at -1 at /usr/share/perl5/X11/Auth.pm line 39. Unexpected short read from authority file/home/tom/.Xauthority at /usr/share/perl5/X11/Protocol.pm line 2303.
xauth seems to work fine: tom@aretha:~$ xauth -f .Xauthority Using authority file .Xauthority xauth> info Authority file: .Xauthority File new: no File locked: no Number of entries: 3 Changes honored: yes Changes made: no Current input: (stdin):1 xauth> list aretha/unix:1 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 8c47bb7e03b351bdbf498310cdcaf9fe aretha/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 383dd7755ff4c565bed25b57e67f31aa aretha/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 13f5fea5d7380359c173e8bc5c339494 xauth> -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393483 Title: error reading .Xauthority To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clusterssh/+bug/1393483/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
