retitle 614972 Undocumented .Xauthority location change can break login / X applications thanks
On 2011-02-24 17:54:45 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2011-02-24 17:09:04 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Agent pid 2891 > > No protocol specified > > [fvwm][main]: <<ERROR>> can't open display :0 > > I think the problem comes from the fact that I have > > [[ -n $DISPLAY ]] && export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority > > in my ".zshenv" (it is sourced in a zsh script before fvwm is run). [[ -n $DISPLAY && -z $XAUTHORITY ]] && export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority solves the problem. But the .Xauthority location change should have been documented and announced! -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
