Re: [XonX-Users] .Xauthority

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Thanks for the info, here is my console log:
[FM 545] Initialize couldnt find the menu (err #-5622)
2002-09-16 21:49:53.948 XDarwin[545]
XDarwin 1.1.0.1
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XFree86 Version 4.2.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 21 August 2002
	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is
	newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
	reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Darwin
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
Warning: no access to tty (Inappropriate ioctl for device).
Thus no job control in this shell.
tcsh_initdir: Undefined variable.
Display mode: Full screen Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1152x768 @ (0,0)
Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping.
Display mode: Full screen Quartz
Screen 0 added: 1152x768 @ (0,0)
waiting for X server to shut down
Quitting XDarwin...

I couple things in there catch my eye but I am not sure exactly nor do 
I know how to fix them.




On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 03:24 PM, Torrey Lyons wrote:

> 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
>
>