PAW X authentication failure

[Stan Thomas]

Binary package hint: paw

PAW fails to open the default X11 display window when run in a default terminal. However, if run via SSH terminal "ssh -X localhost" and then run PAW successfully opens the display.

Example:

[Open a default terminal session]
>ssh -X localhost
>PAW

*** Successfully opens the PAW X11 graphics window

[Open a second default terminal session]
>PAW

*** Fails outputting the following error messages:

 Workstation type (?=HELP) <CR>=1 :
 Version 1.29/04 of HIGZ started
 ***** ERROR in IOPWK : Can't open DISPLAY
 ***** ERROR in IACWK : Workstation is not open
 ***** ERROR in ISWKWN : Invalid workstation window parameters
 ***** ERROR in ISWKVP : Invalid workstation window parameters

And in addition the following error message appears in the first terminal session:

"X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication."

I assume there is some hard coded X authentication values in the PAW source that is failing to obtain the correct authentication information. This has been affecting recent Ubuntu releases. I believe since 10.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: paw-common 1:2.14.04.dfsg.2-7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 23 09:52:22 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: paw