Bug#292388: unable to login via xdm - XDM authorization key matches an existing client

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Subject: Bug#292388: unable to login via xdm - XDM authorization key matches an existing client
From: Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger@seznam.cz>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:43:34 +0200 (CEST)
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.62.0806170934210.11082@sci.felk.cvut.cz>
Reply-to: Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger@seznam.cz>, 292388@bugs.debian.org

severity 292388 important

clone 292388 -1reassign -1 xdm

found -1 1:1.1.8-1
retitle -1 xdm:unable to login - XDM authorization key matches an existing client
thanks

I have got the same problem with xdm, directly
after upgrade of libx11-6 from 1.0.3 to 1.1.4
(it is on GNU/kFreeBSD, but it shouldn't matter).

The workaround/fix to add

DisplayManager*authName:        MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1

into to /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config works for me.

Petr

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