I'm aware that this is not really a question for the fink list. apologies in advance for posting...:
I experience about 99% of the time (but not always) a problem, where after waking up my G5 (10.4.8) from sleep, the running X window manager (`ion3' in my case) does no longer work in so far as every attempt to create a new window results in the error message given as the subject of this mail and a message from the respective program (e.g. `gv') that it is unable to open the display. in the 'troubleshooting Xfree86' page on the Fink site I found a work around, namely manually removing the (and recreating a new empty) .Xauthority file. this indeed works. (and thanks very much for that hint -- up to now I found no other cure than to abort and restart Xdarwin). the reason for the problem given in the 'troubleshooting' page is: ========================================cut====================================== this can be caused by some VNC installations, by running XDarwin through sudo, and probably some other freak accidents. ========================================cut====================================== I _do_ have tightvnc installed (but how could it do harm if not running?), I do _not_ run XDarwin through sudo. is my problem a regular 'freak accident'? does anyone experience similar problems after wake up from sleep mode? does anybody have a clue what can go wrong "overnight"? joerg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
