Move startx auth files in /tmp so they are removed on reboot. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357736 The trap patch didn't seem to work on reboot. --- startx.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git ./startx.in ./startx.in index 8247156..134b704 100644 --- ./startx.in +++ ./startx.in @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ if [ "$enable_xauth" = 1 ] ; then dummy=0 # create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy. - xserverauthfile="$HOME/.serverauth.$$" + xserverauthfile="`mktemp --tmpdir serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX`" trap "rm -f '$xserverauthfile'" HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP BUS TERM xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF add :$dummy . $mcookie -- 2.48.1