From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 123894 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2015 12:47:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 123884 invoked by uid 89); 12 Aug 2015 12:47:15 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtprelay04.ispgateway.de Received: from smtprelay04.ispgateway.de (HELO smtprelay04.ispgateway.de) (80.67.29.8) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:47:13 +0000 Received: from [80.67.16.130] (helo=webmail.df.eu) by smtprelay04.ispgateway.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPVQz-0000OM-LS for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:47:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:47:00 -0000 From: Markus Hoenicka To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: X: Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified In-Reply-To: <55CB3994.5060003@cornell.edu> References: <67ea3d1202eccadc3fc21e58af6ca4bf@mhoenicka.de> <55C479DA.7000203@dronecode.org.uk> <114144297d60607a3c87f5fd63fb555a@mhoenicka.de> <55CB3994.5060003@cornell.edu> Message-ID: <4e68ff06e2b19c9e99e899ed302ecd31@mhoenicka.de> X-Sender: markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail X-Df-Sender: bWFya3VzLmhvZW5pY2thQG1ob2VuaWNrYS5kZQ== X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-08/txt/msg00167.txt.bz2 At 2015-08-12 14:18, Ken Brown was heard to say: > On 8/12/2015 2:22 AM, Markus Hoenicka wrote: >> At 2015-08-07 11:26, Jon TURNEY was heard to say: >>> On 06/08/2015 17:56, Markus Hoenicka wrote: >>>> I've upgraded my setup yesterday and ran into a problem running the >>>> X >>>> server. X ran just fine before the upgrade, just like any X client I >>>> threw at it. I'm aware that some defaults have changed in the couple >>>> of >>>> months since I upgraded, and I hope I've done everything the FAQ >>>> recommends to accommodate these changes. However, no joy. >>>> >>>> Starting the X server now is noticeably slower, regardless of how I >>>> start it (Windows start menu, startx, or my hitherto preferred >>>> method >>>> startxwin). Biggest problem though is that local X clients cannot >>>> connect. The server output is like this: >>>> >>>> $ startxwin /usr/bin/xterm >>>> xauth: file /home/markus.hoenicka/.Xauthority does not exist >>>> xauth: file /home/markus.hoenicka/.Xauthority does not exist >>>> xauth: file /home/markus.hoenicka/.Xauthority does not exist >>>> xauth: file /home/markus.hoenicka/.Xauthority does not exist >>> >>> startxwin is just a shell script (based on the standard startx), >>> which >>> invokes xauth to add an authorization cookie to ~/Xauthority (which >>> is >>> also passed to the server using the -auth option) >>> >>>> The file ~/.Xauthority is created during startup, and it is empty >>>> after the server shuts down. It does not make any difference if I >>>> remove the empty file before restarting the X server. >>> >>> It should have some (binary) content while the server is running, but >>> that seems to be failing to happen, for some reason. >>> >>>> As a workaround I can start XWin manually like this: >>>> /usr/bin/XWin :0 -multiwindow >>> >>> This works, of course, because this doesn't use -auth. >>> >>>> However, I suppose the default behaviour of startx and startxwin was >>>> not >>>> intended to perform like this. Did I miss something obvious? >>> >>> Indeed. >>> >>> Is there anything unusual about your home directory? >>> >>> You might try modifying startxwin to remove the -q from xauth -q to >>> see if that reveals a bit more information. >> >> I finally got round to run this suggested test too. The first time I >> try >> to start X I get the following output: >> >> $ XAUTHORITY="" startxwin /usr/bin/emacs >> Using authority file /home//.serverauth.1076 >> Writing authority file /home//.serverauth.1076 >> Using authority file /home//.Xauthority >> Writing authority file /home//.Xauthority >> xauth: file /home//.Xauthority does not exist >> xauth: file /home//.Xauthority does not exist >> Using authority file /home//.Xauthority >> Writing authority file /home//.Xauthority >> >> Welcome to the XWin X Server >> Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project >> Release: 1.17.2.0 >> OS: CYGWIN_NT-6.1 SBHC123 2.2.0(0.289/5/3) 2015-08-03 12:51 x86_64 >> OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 [Windows NT 6.1 build 7601] (Win64) >> Package: version 1.17.2-1 built 2015-07-09 >> >> XWin was started with the following command line: >> >> /usr/bin/XWin :0 -multiwindow -auth >> /home//.serverauth.1076 >> >> [...nothing interesting here...] >> >> cat: /home//.serverauth.1076: No such file or directory >> winProcEstablishConnection - winInitClipboard returned. >> winClipboardThreadProc - DISPLAY=:0.0 >> OS maintains clipboard viewer chain: yes >> winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully >> opened >> the display. >> winMultiWindowXMsgProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully >> opened the display. >> winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened >> the >> display. >> winMultiWindowXMsgProcErrorHandler - ERROR: BadMatch (invalid >> parameter >> attributes) >> >> ** (emacs:2996): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus >> address: >> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.a11y.Bus >> exited with status 1 >> Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified >> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Abstract UNIX domain socket >> addresses not supported on this system >> >> (emacs:2996): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 >> xinit: connection to X server lost >> >> [...normal shutdown sequence...] >> >> Emacs does not manage to open an X window during this process. I tried >> to spot .server* in a second MinTTY console during startup, but no >> such >> file would show up although xauth claims to have written the >> .serverauth.XXXX file. >> >> Now if I run exactly the same startxwin command a second time, Emacs >> *does* start up in an X window, although the startxwin output also >> claims this: >> >> cat: /home//.serverauth.2212: No such file or directory >> >> This time, the second MinTTY console confirms the presence of that >> file: >> $ ls -al .server* >> -rw-rwx---+ 1 52 Aug 12 08:03 .serverauth.2212 > > Could the problem be related to the group permissions, possibly due to > the ACL on your home directory? Here's what I see on my system: > > $ ll .serverauth.* > -rw------- 1 156 2015-08-10 15:44 .serverauth.5968 > I don't think so. If I use my workaround, the permissions are all the same: $ ls -al ~/.serverauth.4564 -rw-rwx---+ 1 52 Aug 12 08:15 /home/markus.hoenicka/.serverauth.4564 regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple