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Re: Difference between installing Xfree-4.2.0 using setup and install.sh
- From: Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>
- To: Thomas Chadwick <j_tetazoo at hotmail dot com>, cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 13:45:14 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Difference between installing Xfree-4.2.0 using setup and install.sh
--- Thomas Chadwick <j_tetazoo@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever I see an error message referring to "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE", it
> usually
> has something to do with the (non)existence of an .Xauthority file.
>
> Perhaps installing Cygwin-Xfree86 via one method results in an
> .Xauthority
> file whereas installing via the other method doesn't? This would be an
> interesting thing to check.
>
> If I ever see an .Xauthority file, I usually delete it. Truth be told,
> I've
> never quite figured out how to use it properly or of what benefit it is
> to
> me.
>
FWIW, mcookie.exe is included in the lastest cygutils. Perhaps that is
something worth looking into? I believe Chuck incuded a man page with it.
Cheers,
Nicholas
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