on Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 01:43:32PM -0500, mikepolniak (mikpolniak@adelphia.net) wrote: > When i try to start an X session as user mike by running startx it > fails with the message: > > xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/mike/.Xauthority Did you crash a prior session? What is ownership of /home/mike/.Xauthority? man xauth (1) for more information on lockfiles. You may need to break a stale one. > But it works ok when i startx as root. Generally a good sign of a permissions problem, unless you've exported your magic cookies to root. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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