Error in locking authority file .Xauthority [Solved]

Hi,
I am having a little trouble with X after a fresh install. I can start X fine as root, but as a normal user it just says "error in locking authority file .Xauthority." I have never had this problem before so I don't really know what do to, and searching didn't clear anything up for me, so if someone could give me some advice I'd be very grateful.
Thanks.
Edit: Solved by deleting all the .Xauthority files and starting X again.
Last edited by cyclotomic (2009-06-07 07:08:22)

Check the permissions on ~/.Xauthority, and make sure your non-root user owns it. You could also just delete it as normal non-root user and try again- it will get re-created when you run xinit/startx.

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root ~ # pacman -S amarok
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/qt-4.5.2-4/depends: No such file or directory
It still asks me to continue with installing the new package, but I'd rather get this fixed first in case it buggers it up worse
Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-07-30 05:44:25)

Once again my saviour Allan -- I had to -Sf it due to file already existing, but seems to be good now

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