xauth: file /home/semoi/.serverauth.2263 does not exist
 

Slackware 14.0

This is the first line output to console when I start X (startx). What can I do?
'touch .serverauth.2263'? Who creates this file?

That file is created by startx.

But the message says it does not exist, gnashley.

Hello,

Do you have another message(s) following this, if so, can you post them ? Or at least,
post the content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log

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SeB

It is just "noise".

The run of xauth in the /usr/bin/startx script throws out that message if the file doesn't exist before it creates it. The -q really ought to stop it complaining, but apparently it doesn't. if it really bothers you then you could modify startx to create it with touch just before the xauth command that writes to it, but IMO it is not worth the trouble.

I recently just had this same problem. Is the user account brand new or did you migrate it from a previous installation? That was my problem, I kept the same account from a previous install. I tried to hunt down what was causing the issue, but gave up. What I ended up doing was backup the original account home directory, create a new one and move my files and folder one by one. Your Xorg.log should provided you some clues of what is going on.

Try:

as root.

I must be honest. I have tried to modify the screen saver behavior (from within the GUI, DE= xfce 4.10) several times, and each time with disastrous results: the windows cannot be moved, the windows top bars disappear, etc. Once I chose 'black screen saver'. The next session, what I discribed happened. Another I chose 'Disable screen saver'. Result: the same. So I was forced to erase all hidden files in the home directory. I no longer care about that message, for now. Truly, I would like to be able to disable the screen saver without these side effects.

xfce4-session manager, the xfce session manager, is running. Pehaps running the DE without it?

I am having the same error as the original poster , this is not a new user account and was just working fine last night ,and turn on my laptop today and get the error message , it will continue to load and when X ( I'm using fluxbox) loads it's just a blank screen, startx is working fine with root and I even went to my users home folder and saw the .serverauth file so confused as to why it's saying it does not exist , also notes after it states that file doesn't exist it say /home/user/.Xauthority not writable ,changes will be ignored , timeout in locking authority file

Welcome to the forum. If you don't get any results here, perhaps you should start your own thread which would get more exposure.:)

If .Xauthority is not writeable, you probably started a program or X session as root using su from your normal user and screwed up permissions in your home directory. Try doing chown -R Fibonacchoz:users /home/Fibonacchoz (replacing Fibonacchoz with your normal username).

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...st-4175576123/
is there chance that both topic`s can be joined as it is same problem and i bet same solution.