Ubuntu
xinit package

  1. Bug #35758
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 35758

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Brandon (winterknight) wrote : I found a solution.

Debian has this same problem. There is a solution.

Edit the file "/usr/bin/startx". Find the line that says:
xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$

Edit it to say:
xserverauthfile=$XAUTHORITY

Done!

I got this from "http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/09/eliminating-serverauth-files.html".

-Brandon