Move startx auth files in /tmp so they are removed on reboot. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357736 The trap patch didn't seem to work on reboot. --- startx.cpp | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: xinit/startx.cpp =================================================================== --- xinit.orig/startx.cpp +++ xinit/startx.cpp @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ dummy=0 XCOMM create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy. - xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$ + xserverauthfile=`mktemp -p /tmp serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX` trap "rm -f '$xserverauthfile'" HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP KILL BUS TERM xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF add :$dummy . $mcookie