[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1942962] Re: timeout in locking authority file if $HOME/$HOSTNAME exists

2021-09-17 Thread Eduardo Santos
** Description changed: On Ubuntu, if you create a directory with the same name as the system's - hostname in the user's home directory ($HOME/$HOSTNAME), when this user - attempts to startx, xauth will complain about the lock in the authority - file ~/.Xauthority. This also creates the files ~/

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1942962] [NEW] timeout in locking authority file if $HOME/$HOSTNAME exists

2021-09-07 Thread Eduardo Santos
Public bug reported: On Ubuntu, if you create a directory with the same name as the system's hostname in the user's home directory ($HOME/$HOSTNAME), when this user attempts to startx, xauth will complain about the lock in the authority file ~/.Xauthority. This also creates the files ~/.Xauthority