Cyril Brulebois writes ("Re: Bug#616667: X server crash due to "xauth generate"
with large timeout"):
> With 2:1.9.99.903-1, I'm getting:
> | -(cyril@talisker)-(/tmp)-()
> | $ xauth -f private generate $DISPLAY . untrusted timeout 1000000000
> | xauth: (argv):1: couldn't query Security extension on display ":42.0"
>
> Will see if that's expected once I get some more info from a squeeze
> system.
"xauth generate" _replaces_ the cookie in the specified xauthority
file with an untrusted one. That error message is the one you get if
you _already_ have an untrusted cookie in your xauthority file - ie,
if you run "xauth generate" for the second time without running the
"cp" again.
If you ran xauth generate without the -f option then I'm afraid you
have busticated your session.
Of course it may be that that error message is also the one you get if
a fixed server rejects your big timeout, but that should be easy
enough to test ...
Ian.
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