Re: [XonX-Users] .Xauthority
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From: Torrey L. <to...@mr...> - 2002-09-16 19:25:58
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At 2:55 PM -0400 9/16/02, de...@sp... wrote: >I just did a clean install of 10.2 and now I'm trying to re-install >X, I downloaded and installed Xdarwin for 4.20 and the 4.2.0.1 >update but when I double-click on the Xdarwin app it starts up and I >start to see X starting but before any window manager starts up it >drops me back into Aqua. I tried starting it from command line using >startx -- -quartz and it failed and towards the end of the output it >says : cat: /Users/decrypt/.Xauthority: N such file or directory, I >understand that it is trying to read my .Xauthority file (which I >remember seeing before my clean install) but it can't find it. I >guess my questions are: > >* What information is stored in .Xauthority? Information on what/who can access your X server. You don't actually need an .Xauthority file. What you saw was a warning, not an error. >* If this is a lot of information how can I generate an .Xauthority >file or where could I download one? You don't need one and you will only see this warning starting with startx. >* Why did the Installer for XDarwin not generate this file, the site >makes it seem like the whole process is automated, also I noticed >that the ~/Library/init/tcsh/path file was not generated which is >another file I thought was supposed to be automatically generated? ~/Library/init/tcsh/path has never been automatically generated although this was a useful way to set your path previously. As of Mac OS X 10.2, the default is for the operating system not to look at the stuff in ~/Library/init/tcsh. In any case, as long as you start from the Finder, you don't need to mess with the path details. XDarwin will do this for you. If you post the entire log we can help you figure out what the problem is. Since, you are most likely to want to start from the Finder, that is the more useful log to post. Use the Console application in /Applications/Utilities and post everything that is displayed from the time XDarwin starts till it quits. --Torrey |