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LastDino

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[SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

So, I followed this solution to my problem which was same as the OP in this linked thread. I encountered it while installing openbox on VM bare-bones arch.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1514318

But, after running ''startx'' I get this.

http://i.imgur.com/SDXfXVp.png

I've tried doing some researching for this as well, but I'm afraid I'm probably going down the wrong road. Any ideas?

Last edited by LastDino (2015-06-15 15:46:29)

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

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X is working fine, and is doing what you've told it to do. So what have you told it to do? What is in your .xinitrc?

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dcdriving

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

Are you meaning to run X as root?  Did you copy the file WorMzy asked to see to a users home directory or to the root home directory?

LastDino

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

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X is working fine, and is doing what you've told it to do. So what have you told it to do? What is in your .xinitrc?

http://i.imgur.com/Hg5BYsw.png

Something like this? Though, I've no idea what to edit now.

Are you meaning to run X as root?  Did you copy the file WorMzy asked to see to a users home directory or to the root home directory?

Actually, I went to root and tried that out when my user login gave this output

http://i.imgur.com/PWtEAXc.png

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

Something like this? Though, I've no idea what to edit now.

You should post the entire file rather than just the bit that fits on your screen. You can use a pastebin client to generate a link to an online pastebin.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

Read this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

And probably this as well (recursively):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ge … mendations

Don't run X as root, even in a VM.

Make sure .xinitrc is in your normal user's home directory.

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LastDino

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

Something like this? Though, I've no idea what to edit now.

You should post the entire file rather than just the bit that fits on your screen. You can use a pastebin client to generate a link to an online pastebin.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … in_clients

Read this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

And probably this as well (recursively):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ge … mendations

Don't run X as root, even in a VM.

Make sure .xinitrc is in your normal user's home directory.

I've read the 2nd link before and I think I performed this action wrong:

The reason of doing this (instead of creating one from scratch) is to preserve some desired default behaviour in the original file, such as sourcing shell scripts from /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d. Scripts in this directory without .sh extension are however not sourced: FS#41471. As such, replace /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh with /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*

As the original thread link in my OP, I had the problem with xinitrc not being present in /etc/skel/  and I tried to use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

Was that not necessary? If it was, could you please walk me through the process?

Also, first upper part of the xinitrc
http://i.imgur.com/zuwYCxT.png

Sorry, don't know yet how to copy paste text across VM and machine to paste text trough pastebin.  Will try to figure out, but right now screenshot is best I can do.

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

As the original thread link in my OP, I had the problem with xinitrc not being present in /etc/skel/  and I tried to use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

Was that not necessary? If it was, could you please walk me through the process?

*Read* the xinitrc ArchWiki page I have linked.

I'm not going to re-type it for you...

Sorry, don't know yet how to copy paste text across VM and machine to paste text trough pastebin.

*Read* the pastebin client ArchWiki page I have linked.

cat ~/.xinitrc | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us

EDIT: typo

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2015-06-13 19:00:01)

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

So the issue posted in the title of the thread is solved then right?  Run as a user, and there is no error.

You're real problem, however, is something else - as indicated right away by WorMzy in the second post.  You need to put what you want in your ~/.xinitrc.  You could use the default, but the default tries to start TWM xclock and xterms.  If these are not installed, xinitrc will `exec` to something that doesn't exist and thus complete.  X will exit happily, having completed everything you told it to do.

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LastDino

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

As the original thread link in my OP, I had the problem with xinitrc not being present in /etc/skel/  and I tried to use /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.

Was that not necessary? If it was, could you please walk me through the process?

*Read* the xinitrc ArchWiki page I have linked.

I'm not going to re-type it for you...

Sorry, don't know yet how to copy paste text across VM and machine to paste text trough pastebin.

*Read* the pastebin client ArchWiki page I have linked.

cat ~/.xinitrc | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us

EDIT: typo

Thank you for the code. And links ^^

So the issue posted in the title of the thread is solved then right?  Run as a user, and there is no error.

You're real problem, however, is something else - as indicated right away by WorMzy in the second post.  You need to put what you want in your ~/.xinitrc.  You could use the default, but the default tries to start TWM xclock and xterms.  If these are not installed, xinitrc will `exec` to something that doesn't exist and thus complete.  X will exit happily, having completed everything you told it to do.

Yes, it has. Thank you.

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] startx returns error /root/ .Xauthority does not exist

Please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309