Re: SLOW X-windows

>Today I noticed that I have ca. 30 files named .serverauth???? #? = 1 char
>If I have 4 windows open plus the XClock -- shouldnt there only be 5 of these
>.xauth files?
>How would this affect the performance of X-windows ?
>If thats the prob, can the number of .xauth files be limited ?

I think you got it a bit wrong. You should only get one .serverauthXXX for a
Xserver request, this has nothing to do with the number of windows open within
the Xserver itself.

Also, if you configure things correctly, these files should be removed when
rebooting or shutingdown.
Guess you forgot to configure /etc/hosts ;)

Here's how it should look like
======
1 # $NetBSD: hosts,v 1.9 2013/11/24 07:20:01 dholland Exp $
2 #
3 # Host name database.
4 #
5 # This file contains addresses and aliases for local hosts whose names
6 # need to be resolvable during system boot; typically this includes only
7 # the address and FQDN for this machine's hostname.
8 #
9 # By default this file is consulted before DNS, so adding additional
10 # material here that then becomes out of date can lead to confusion.
11 # See nsswitch.conf(5).
12 #
13 ::x myhost.my.DNSdomain myhost
14 xxx.x.x.x myhost.my.DNSdomain myhost
15 #
16 # RFC 1918 specifies that these networks are "internal":
17 # xx.x.x.x - xx.xx.xxx.xxx (xx/x prefix)
18 # xxx.xx.x.x - xxx.xx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xx/xx prefix)
19 # xxx.xxx.x.x - xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xxx.xxx/xx prefix)
=====
where myhost=the name you gave your machine at install time
my.DNSdomain=the name your gave your DNS at install time
x=the numbers assigned by dhcp

Remove all, but the last (by date) .serverauthXXX from your home directory, fix
/etc/hosts as described and reboot your machine.

Den ons 15 apr. 2020 kl 01:04 skrev Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>:

Today I noticed that I have ca. 30 files named .serverauth???? #? = 1 char

If I have 4 windows open plus the XClock -- shouldnt there only be 5 of these
.xauth files?

How would this affect the performance of X-windows ?

If thats the prob, can the number of .xauth files be limited ?