Re: X gone wacky or "MIT Magic-Cookie-1 authentication rejected"

[Kenneth Stephen]

On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> X has gone wacky on me:
> 
> 
> GnomeUI-Warning**While connecting session manager, Authentication
> rejected, reason:MIT Magic-Cookie-1 authentication rejected.
> 
> 
> Confusion abounds.
> 
> Redhat 6.0
> Enlightment
> newbie
> 
Bill,

        A quick guess : you are attempting to run an X app in an id that
is different from the one that was used to start up the X session?

        If true, read the xauth manpage.

Regards,
Kenneth