Subject: Re: Weird xauth problem
To: None <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/13/2004 11:00:59
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:
> When I start firefox-gtk2 I get this:
>
> $ firefox-gtk2
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
>
> (firefox-bin:371): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
All on local disk? I've had problems like this a few times with
.Xauthority files from the wrong machines when NFS homedirs are
involved, or that were inappropriately copied during a system backup.
- Nathan