Re: problem with .Xauthority files
As root, chown 'em or chmod 666 'em. Xauthority files are standard issue
in X. I have no idea why the perms and/or ownership got fouled up, but
chown/chmod is a quick fix. YMMV but not by much
On Sun, 9 May 1999, Pollywog wrote:
> I installed KDE 1.1.1 on my Slink system and found I had to install xdm in
> order to install kdebase. This is where my problems began.
>
> Using update-rc.d, I removed the links that start xdm when the machine starts.
> That way, I can start the machine and get a plain console with no xdm.
>
> The problem is that something keeps putting .Xauthority files in my directory,
> and that should not be a problem, except that they are owned root.root and
> until I remove them, I cannot start X because I get either an error about
> being unable to lock the file, or an error about being unable to write to the
> file.
>
> What might be the cause of this anomaly?
>
> thanks
>
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