[NTLUG:Discuss] RedHat 6.1/KDE installation

[Tom McDonald]

saluki at hex.net wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else had problems with a clean install of RedHat6.1 and KDE, of
> having all thier applications comeback with the error of :
> 
> XLib : cannot connect to server :0.0
> 
> or something very similar to this? I remember seeing this back when I first
> installed 6.1, but its been so long ago, I can't remember what I did to fix it,
> or where to find the fix. I've checked out kde.org and couldn't find it, and
> redhat.com is pretty much all 6.2 and 7.0 nowadays....
> 
> Anyone else have an idea?
> 
> Thanks!
> Don
> 
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If you're logging in under gdm, I believe gdm writes the magic cookie
in /var/gdm/:0.Xauth - this cookie has to be set for each user name
that logs in.  You might want to erase the .Xauthority file in the
user directory, and try it. If that doesn't work you could always
create a sym link from .Xauthority in the user directory to the
/var/gdm/:0.Xauth file - you might have to change the access rights on
the /var/gdm directory which could compromise your security though.  

I suspect kdm and xdm do something similar but haven't checked it
out.  


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Tom McDonald    <tom at compuclaim.com>

Cleanliness is next to impossible.