Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Hi everyone,
I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0 and just completed weekly upgrade.
Now when I run "startx", I can not connect to the graphical display
window.  I simply see the gray screen with the small x in the middle.

I went back to the command line to review the text immediately
following the startx command and the first line reads: xauth: creating
new authority file /home/rperry/.serverauth.8414; then, repeated four
(4) times is the following:
    /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth:  error in locking authority file
/home/rperry/.Xauthority
(snip)
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
    AUDIT: Sat Jan 28...8433 X: client 1 rejected from local host
    Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
    Xlib: No protocol specified

cd /home/rperry
ls -l .Xauthority
-rw-------1 root rperry 112 Jan 28 22:13 .Xauthority


Is there a location that lists the error messages like the one I
encountered?  Tried Google and the mailing list archives but wasn't
able to resolve the issue.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Sounds like you have a stale authority file.  Try just deleting it
before the next time you start up...



This is essentially a follow-up to my original issue. I removed the .Xauthority file but it returns and I'm still unable to get into the gnome desktop. Any other suggestions are welcome.

thnx,
Bob
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