--- Thomas Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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, mcookie.exe is included in the lastest cygutils. Perhaps that is something worth looking into? I believe Chuck incuded a man page with it.
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