Have you tried 'touch ~/.Xauthority' to create the a .Xauthority file? On 2/15/02 4:49 PM, "Ben Crowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm in a strange situation where I once successfully installed X on my > machine, then > deleted it, and now can't get it installed again. The problem is that > XDarwin dies > immediately, without drawing any X windows. This happens even when I > supply > the -keymap USA.keymapping option to startx. The only difference I can > think of > this time around is that the first time might have been when I was > running a version > of mosX earlier than my current 10.1.2. > > Here's what I did this time: > Installed Fink 0.3.2. > It complained, and told me to do a ``sudo apt-get update'', which I > did. > sudo apt-get install xfree86-rootless > startx -- -rootless -keymap USA.keymapping & > sudo chown root /tmp/.X11-unix (because startx complained) > startx -- -rootless -keymap USA.keymapping & > The output from startx is below. The only error message that gives a > hint as to the > problem seems to be ``cat: /Users/bcrowell/.Xauthority: No such file or > directory''. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------- > > [localhost:~] bcrowell% startx -- -rootless -keymap USA.keymapping & > [1] 379 > [localhost:~] bcrowell% > 2002-02-15 13:44:58.473 XDarwin[381] > XDarwin 1.0.5 > Running rootless inside Mac OS X window server. > > This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any > way. Bugs may be reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and patches submitted > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, > please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository > (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) > > XFree86 Version 4.1.99.2 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) > Release Date: xx December 2001 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your hardware is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: Darwin > Using keymapping provided in /System/Library/Keyboards/USA.keymapping. > Display mode: Rootless Quartz > Screen 0 added: 800x579 @ (0,21) > Screen 0 placed at X11 coordinate (0,0). > cat: /Users/bcrowell/.Xauthority: No such file or directory > > waiting for X server to shut down Quitting XDarwin... > .......... > > xinit: X server slow to shut down, sending KILL signal. > > > [1] Done startx -- -rootless -keymap > USA.keymapping > > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, LDX Collaboration MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
