Introduction

When logging into Korat or Minx, you may receive an error about an inability to lock your .Xauthority file. After a long delay, your login will complete. However, you will not be able to run any gui applications such as ledit or LayoutBEAMER.

Resolution

Login to the linux computer with the error - Korat or Minx. If both systems are giving you this error, you will need to perform the following procedure on both.

Once login completes, run the following three commands from your AFS home directory (note the backticks surrounding the pwd in the second command):

fs flushv .
fs flushm `pwd`
fs flush .

Logout and log back in to the linux computer. The .Xauthority error should no longer be present.