Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
- Subject: Re: both X11 and XQuartz encounter similar error
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:33:44 -0700
On Sep 10, 2010, at 16:14, Michael Lachman wrote:
> Sep 10 22:42:54 Ball-of-Confusion org.x.startx[85398]: Couldn't create cookie
> Sep 10 22:42:54 Ball-of-Confusion com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[123] (org.x.startx[85398]): Exited with exit code: 1
> Sep 10 22:42:54 Ball-of-Confusion com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[123] (org.x.startx): Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
The others are all expected. This one is certainly unexpected. Looking at startx, we see this error coming from:
if [ -r /dev/urandom ]; then
mcookie=`dd if=/dev/urandom bs=16 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e \\"x\\"`
else
mcookie=`dd if=/dev/random bs=16 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -e \\"x\\"`
fi
if test x"$mcookie" = x; then
echo "Couldn't create cookie"
exit 1
fi
> After reading through the forum at some length, it looks like several users have had similar issues,
Similar in that X11 doesn't start, but this is the first time I've seen something like this one.
What is output if you run:
dd if=/dev/urandom bs=16 count=1 2> /dev/null | hexdump -e \"x\"
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