[mythtv-users] .ICEAuthority corrupt for a second time

[Tim Draper]

On 3 December 2011 22:55, Thomas Mashos <thomas at mashos.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> Likely, "corrupt" isn't the right word.  Usually this problem exists
>> because /something/ on your system (and MythTV does not and could not
>> ever do this) changes the ownership or permissions of the
>> ~/.ICEauthority file.  Therefore, deleting it lets some low-level
>> function in X's ICElib or whatever re-create it with proper ownership
>> and permissions.
>>
>> My guess is that when it's broken, you will find root ownership if you
>> do an ls -l ~/.ICEauthority
>>
i'll give that theory a check next time the FE is on - see what it is
compared to the renamed old version (i simply renamed it to
.ICEAuthority.old)

>> Over the years, many programs have been known to mess up the
>> ownership/permissions of this file...  Examples include k3b,
>> kwifimanager, and many more (likely mainly ones which are run setuid
>> root or actually run as root, i.e using sudo or ...).
>>
worth knowing, but this is an out-of-the-box mythbuntu install - with
the sole purpose of an FE.
unless there is some background task at play here, then i don't
believe it's something i'm doing myself

> You wouldn't happen to be using 'sudo' instead of 'gksudo' on GUI
> programs would you?

not knowingly, no. while i do typically use 'sudo', this is a
dedicated mythfrontend machine, so it's only purpose is for mythtv. i
dont recall using sudo recently. gui programs i tend to use via vnc,
program install (eg, bonnie++, or smartmontools) would be via SSH sudo
apt-get.