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Bug#196575: xserver-xfree86 upgrade breaks X authorization



On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 12:46:31PM +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.2.1-7
> Followup-For: Bug #196575
> 
> After upgrading several X packages (xlibs, xbase-clients,
> xserver-common, xserver-xfree86 and more) I was unable to start any new
> X programs.  For example, xterm would complain
> 
>   Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>   Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)
[...]
> Plain startx used to work before I tried xdm/gdm, but now doesn't.

This data point is not consistent with any other reports.  Are you
*sure* startx doesn't work?

If it doesn't work, is it because of the error messages above, or
because of some other reason (e.g., a bad $HOME/.xinitrc)?

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