Whenever I see an error message referring to "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE", it usually has something to do with the (non)existence of an .Xauthority file.
Perhaps installing Cygwin-Xfree86 via one method results in an .Xauthority file whereas installing via the other method doesn't? This would be an interesting thing to check. If I ever see an .Xauthority file, I usually delete it. Truth be told, I've never quite figured out how to use it properly or of what benefit it is to me. FWIW, I launch XWin via xinit, .xinitrc does not contain "xhost +127.0.0.1", the value of DISPLAY is reportedly ":0", and everything works just fine (including ssh -X). >From: Harold L Hunt II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Difference between installing Xfree-4.2.0 using setup and >install.sh >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 15:31:16 -0400 > >Raymond Kwong wrote: >>I have previously installed Xfree 4.2.0 when it first came out on >>cygwin, using the old method of running install.sh. Everything worked >>fine. Recently, I installed Xfree 4.2.0 using setup.exe on another >>computer (both computers run Windows 2000). On the new computer, if I >>ssh to another computer using "ssh -X hostname", I get the following >>error message >> >>Xlib: connection to "localhost:10.0" refused by server >>Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key >>Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display >>"localhost:10.0" >>% >> >>This error does not occur with the older installation using install.sh. >>The cygwin1.dll version is the same, and the ssh version is the same. >>Fortunately, the error is readily eliminated by adding the line >> >>xhost +127.0.0.1 >> >>to .xinitrc. on the new computer. Then everything works fine. >> >>A similar difference can also be reproduced with 2 Windows 98 machines. >>Is there a reason for this apparent difference? >> >>Raymond Kwong >> > >Raymond, > >It is always possible that you had made the modification to .xinitrc on the >older Cygwin/XFree86 installations and then forgotten that you had done so. > >Can you ensure is that the line ``xhost +127.0.0.1'' is not in the .xinitrc >files on the hosts that you installed via Xinstall.sh? > >Harold _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
