I wrote: > xauth add :0 . `dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 bs=16 | md5sum` This is an incomplete fix to the problem; the serverargs also need to be set: serverargs="-auth $HOME/.Xauthority" -- Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet. The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.