Toolbox/Distrobox X11 "Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified" error #168

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opened 2022-07-29 01:25:33 +00:00 by a · 1 comment

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2022-07-29 01:25:33 +00:00

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This error prevents you from easily running X11 apps inside a Toolbox or Distrobox. There are some workarounds like running xauth add $DISPLAY . $(xauth list | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f5), but we shouldn't require users to all do the workaround and instead put it globally somewhere.

My idea is to add that command or something similar to /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh which starts the window manager for xrdp sessions.

We can also try investigating FamilyWild type xauth entries (although X11 is hopelessly complex so I don't know if this will work).

This error prevents you from easily running X11 apps inside a Toolbox or Distrobox. There are some workarounds like running `xauth add $DISPLAY . $(xauth list | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f5)`, but we shouldn't require users to all do the workaround and instead put it globally somewhere. My idea is to add that command or something similar to `/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh` which starts the window manager for xrdp sessions. We can also try investigating FamilyWild type xauth entries (although X11 is hopelessly complex so I don't know if this will work).

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2022-07-29 01:26:37 +00:00

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Alright, I fixed this by adding xauth add $DISPLAY . $(xauth list | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f5) to the /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh file which adds a FamilyWild type xauth entry. I have no idea how this works since I just searched online until I found a solution, but whatever. Closing.

Alright, I fixed this by adding `xauth add $DISPLAY . $(xauth list | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f5)` to the `/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh` file which adds a FamilyWild type xauth entry. I have no idea how this works since I just searched online until I found a solution, but whatever. Closing.

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