Bug#357736: /usr/X11R6/bin/startx: startx needs some way to delete stale $xserverauthfile files
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 1:7.1.ds-3
Followup-For: Bug #357736
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:53:39 +0100, Nyk Tarr wrote:
> 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.
This bug is still present in version 1:7.1.ds-3
It is annoying!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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