Bug 8001 – startx yealds "waiting for x server to shutdown

Bug 8001 - startx yealds "waiting for x server to shutdown

Summary:	startx yealds "waiting for x server to shutdown

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	XFree86 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Preston Brown
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Reported:	1999-12-26 10:48 EST by sam templeman
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-02-03 16:08:00 EST
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Description sam templeman 1999-12-26 10:48:14 EST

boot...login...password ok
enter   startx
message "unable to lock ice authority file/.root/.ice authority"
message2 "waiting for x server to shutdown"

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 2000-01-27 03:38:59 EST

assign to xfree86

Comment 2 Preston Brown 2000-02-03 16:08:59 EST

you must have some system configuration problem.  We can't duplicate this here
nor has anyone else ever reported it.  Such a common command would surely lead
tons of bug reports if it was a problem out of the box.

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