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Re: startx and ssh
- From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave at aps5 dot ph dot bham dot ac dot uk>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, holokine at holokine dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:27:33 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: startx and ssh
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave at aps5 dot ph dot bham dot ac dot uk>
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:55:05 -0600
> I have been trying to de-bug a problem with startx.
>
> When I tried to run the file, I would get a server window,
> no clock and no terminal windows. The command-line
> errors were:
> ..
> Xlib: connection to "0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No Protocol specified
>
> These error messages would repeat until I hit ^Z
> from the console command line.
> I found that the script would fail if a .Xauthority file
> existed in my home directory. If I removed the file,
> startx ran without errors; the server, the clock and
> the terminal windows all opened successfully when
> there was no .Xauthority file in my home directory.
>
> I found that the .Xauthority file was being created
> when I logged onto my Cygwin machine from another
> machine using ssh with the same login name.
>
> I am proposing a fix for this problem:
>
> In /usr/X11R6/bin/startx, add the following code before
> the block that exports the XAUTHORITY variable:
>
> # remove $HOME/.Xauthority if it exists
> if [ -f $HOME/.Xauthority ]; then
> rm $HOME/.Xauthority
> fi
>
> This code just removes .Xauthority if it exists.
> If .Xauthority doesn't exist, it does nothing.
> Does anyone have any feedback?
I've seen the problem, and in my view there's a better solution. Remove the
code which sets XAUTHORITY.
(I think the problem occurs because XWin assumes -auth $XAUTHORITY if the
variable is set, then gets upset because it can't find the authorization
key for your display.)