[Xquartz-dev] XQuartz 2.6.0 (xorg-server 1.9.2.901) and X authority

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

Some time ago double-clicked somehow on an X client in Finder. A new X  
server was launched that this client could display. Afterwards, when I  
tried to launch an X client from the command line or the menu off the  
"original" X server it happened that a message similar to that one was  
displayed (this one by GNU Emacs):

	Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid  
MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyDisplay :0  
unavailable, simulating -nw

Clearly the second server updated .Xauthority and .serverauth.<PID>,  
so I could understand the issue. But this evening the two files are  
old, as old as these processes

   UID   PID  PPID       F CPU PRI NI       SZ    RSS WCHAN     S    
ADDR TTY           TIME CMD
   501  1356     1    4000   0  31  0    76024    132 -      S     
658ebe8 ??         0:00.06 /bin/sh /opt/local/bin/startx
   501  1397  1356    4000   0  31  0    76820    128 -      S     
658ee20 ??         0:00.01 xinit /opt/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc -- / 
opt/local/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -auth /Users/pete/.serverauth.1356
   501  1398  1397    4000   0  31  0    75380    132 -      S     
658e540 ??         0:00.01 /opt/local/bin/X :0 -dpi 96 -auth /Users/ 
pete/.serverauth.1356

from almost three weeks ago. Why is this MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 message  
displayed today and no access granted to the X server?

--
Greetings

   Pete

Encryption, n.:
	A powerful algorithmic encoding technique employed in the creation of  
computer manuals.