---- guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 21 February 2002 6:43 pm, Murray J. Root wrote: > > ---- guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Version (fmirror ftp.uninett.no) > > > Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020221 4:28 > > > /ChangeLog/1.658/Wed Feb 20 19:40:36 2002// > > > No mcc. > > > I have run a strace -f -o trace.it > > > > I have had this problem for a while, when booting init 3. > > Booting init 5 seems fine. > > strace -ff shows one process that tries to read .Xauthority, then > dies. > > Looking at .Xauthority, I see it has length 0 when X was started > with > > Xtart. When started from init 5, it has a length of 125. > > I don't know if it means anything, just thought I'd mention it in > case > > it helps. > You were right, I just logged out and logged in with startx and everything > > was fine. > thanks > guran > -- > Mandrake Linux 8.2 Cooker kernel-2.4.17.20mdk-1-1mdk version:2002-02-21-04:28 >
If you use Xtart a lot, you can just change where it calls xinit to call startx instead. Or find out what startx is doing that creates the correct .Xauthority -- Murray J. Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (404) 978-1262 x2646 - voicemail/fax __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
