Bug#357736: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: startx needs some way to delete stale $xserverauthfile files
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4
Severity: normal
File: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
I noticed I had a $HOME littered with .serverauth.nnnn files, after a bit of
prodding, I found that if startx is cut short by eg a shutdown, it doesn't get
as far as deleting the $xserverauthfile file.
There doesn't seem to be anything in place to delete these orphaned files, so
they perhaps need a similar mechanism to $removelist to tidy them up at next
restart.
Ta
Nyk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdmx1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Distributed Multihead X client lib
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libfs6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Font Server library
ii libglu1-xorg [libglu1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Mesa OpenGL utility library [X.Org
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Authentication library
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxfixes3 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous 'fix
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-3 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxkbfile1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Keyboard Extension file parsing
ii libxkbui1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Keyboard Extension user interfac
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxss1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Screen Saver client-side library
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii libxtrap6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System event recording an
ii libxv1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System video extension li
ii libxxf86dga1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Direct Graphics Access extension
ii libxxf86misc1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X miscellaneous extensions library
ii libxxf86vm1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Video Mode selection library
ii xlibmesa-gl [libgl1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Mesa 3D graphics library [X.Org]
ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client data
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
xbase-clients recommends no packages.
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