Subject: Re: XFree server wont start
To: Fernando y Yohara <fvillalo@sinfo.net>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/22/2002 22:43:07
In message <3C770D9C.339CAAE9@sinfo.net>, Fernando y Yohara writes:
>Hello,
>
>When I run the startx command, the graphical environment background appears bu
>t
>no window opens.
>
>I did a capture of the XServer messages:
>
>xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name ":0" in "list" command
>xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name ":0" in "add" command
>xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name ":0" in "list" command
>xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name ":0" in "add" command

You have some xauth commands in your .xinitrc file, it would seem, and 
there's something not right about them.  What do they say?  (Minus any 
real keys, of course.)

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