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jb.1234abcd

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Registered: 2013-10-14

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[SOLVED] xorg-server Failed to open protocol names file protocol.txt

X started with 'startx'.

$ cat .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
[699169.663] (WW) Failed to open protocol names file lib/xorg/protocol.txt
[699169.663]
X.Org X Server 1.20.5
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
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$ ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/protocol.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25699 Jun 30 11:52 /usr/lib/xorg/protocol.txt
$ cat /usr/lib/xorg/protocol.txt
...
# This is a security-sensitive file, please set permissions as appropriate.
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Packages:
xorg-server 1.20.5-2
xorg-server-common 1.20.5-2

Last edited by jb.1234abcd (2019-07-09 11:20:50)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] xorg-server Failed to open protocol names file protocol.txt

What's your question?  That's a harmless warning.  Are you having an actual problem or do you just want to learn more about the protocol names file?

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] xorg-server Failed to open protocol names file protocol.txt

It's also absolutely "normal" for rootless Xorg calls (as by startx) because the file is apparently attempted to be opened rw.
You can just ignore this.

If you've any kind of actual problem, this isn't the cause.

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jb.1234abcd

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Re: [SOLVED] xorg-server Failed to open protocol names file protocol.txt

OK, just thought there would be some problem. Solved.