http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084798 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084798#c2 --- Comment #2 from filippos Filippos <filippos@filippides.eu> --- (In reply to Michal Srb from comment #1)
Do you use vncserver by any chance? (There is existing issue where xauth started by vncserver overwrites existing Xauthority entries.)
When the issue happens, please collect and attach the output of following commands: * echo $DISPLAY * echo $XAUTHORITY * echo $XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME * hostname * xauth list
Note that the advice about "video" group from the forum is wrong. This is about authentication between X application and X server, "video" group has nothing to do with it.
filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $DISPLAY :0 filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $XAUTHORITY /tmp/xauth-1000-_0 filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME FOSTW filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> xauth list FOSTW/unix:0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 581b477914a05dc6ab34e9585e31d12c filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> xauth list xauth: file /tmp/xauth-1000-_0 does not exist filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $DISPLAY :0 filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $XAUTHORITY /tmp/xauth-1000-_0 filippos@FOSTW:~/tmp> echo $XAUTHLOCALHOSTNAME FOSTW -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.