[sllug-members]: KDEINIT cannot launch anything!

[Daren Beattie]

For posterity, one way around this problem is to edit sshd_config and 
set X11UseLocalhost to no (it defaults to yes). The root of the problem 
is supposedly a misconfigured hostname on the server and/or remote 
machine, so I should probably look into that, but that's just beyond my 
understanding and my brain hurts from all the new stuff I've absorbed in 
the last couple of days.

Daren Beattie wrote:
> Bingo! When I first log in, there are three magic cookies; when the 
> problem happens, the hostname/unix:0 cookie is missing. Furthermore, it 
> appears to happen after I ssh into that computer from my laptop.
> 
> You were dead right on both accounts, Stuart. Now I just need to figure 
> out why ssh is removing that cookie. In the meantime, I can just leave a 
> terminal open and re-merge the extracted cookie as needed.
> 
> Thanks a million!
> 
> Stuart Jansen wrote:
>> Run "xauth list" before and after X starts refusing to launch new
>> programs. I'm betting it's not getting "corrupted", merely changed.
>> Reset it back to the old value and you should be good to go.
>>
>> Of course, then the next question will be: why is your .Xauthority
>> getting corrupted? I'm betting on an overly helpful su or login script.
>>
>>
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