https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=334382 Summary: Invalid ~/.Xauthority file prevents running root applications such as YaST Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: hpj@novell.com ReportedBy: mhutchinson@novell.com QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- [This bug is not consistently reproducible] It appears to be possible for the ~/.Xauthority to to get into a state that prevents accessing X from root. This prevents running admin apps such as YaST, with errors such as the following: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key (y2controlcenter-gnome:18198): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: This has happened to me once -- however, the problem with GUI root commands not doing anything after the gnomesu password entry has happened in several sessions, though I did not investigate it at the time. Removing ~/.Xauthority and restarting X fixed the problem. The invalid ~/.Xauthority file is attached. Note: I'm not running xgl, and I'm using auto-login. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.