startx doesnt run gives an error xauth unable to link authority files
- by Sandeep
I have installed windows xp on VPC and have installed cygwin-x on that virtual machine.
When i run startx command. I get the following error:
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.serverauth.1480
xauth: unable to link authority file /home/Administrator/.serverauth.1480, use /home/Administrator/.serverauth.1480-n
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority
xauth: unable to link authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority, use /home /Administrator/.Xauthority-n
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority
xauth: unable to link authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority, use /home /Administrator/.Xauthority-n
giving up. xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
xauth: creating new authority file /home/Administrator/.Xauthority