Re: gnome-init fails

[jgotts linuxsavvy com]

In message <3A9568F4 3A7FB864 yahoo com>, David Hampton writes:

>I'm trying to run an application that fails with the message:

>   GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
>   Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication
>protocols
>      specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

>Stepping through the application with gdb shows that this error message
>comes from the routine gnome_init_with_popt_tale.  I've occasionally
>seen this message from other progrms too.  What causes this error and
>how can I fix it.  Thanks.

Are you trying to run a program as root when you logged in as a different user?

cp ~<the user>/.Xauthority ~

John

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