Bug#614972: gdm3: can't login ("can't open display :0" in .xsession-errors)

[Vincent Lefevre]

retitle 614972 Undocumented .Xauthority location change can break login / X applications
thanks

On 2011-02-24 17:54:45 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2011-02-24 17:09:04 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > Agent pid 2891
> > No protocol specified
> > [fvwm][main]: <<ERROR>> can't open display :0
> 
> I think the problem comes from the fact that I have
> 
>   [[ -n $DISPLAY ]] && export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
> 
> in my ".zshenv" (it is sourced in a zsh script before fvwm is run).

[[ -n $DISPLAY && -z $XAUTHORITY ]] && export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority

solves the problem.

But the .Xauthority location change should have been documented and
announced!

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