[tor-bugs] #1945 [Tor bundles/installation]: Linux Tor Bundle 1.0.10; Vidalia can not connect to X

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#1945: Linux Tor Bundle 1.0.10; Vidalia can not connect to X
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    Reporter:  temp_error_finder         |       Owner:  erinn                       
        Type:  defect                    |      Status:  reopened                    
    Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Tor Browser Bundle for Linux
   Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |     Version:                              
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Changes (by rransom):

  * version:  Tor: 0.1.0.10 =>


Comment:

 TBB works for me.  (My X server is started by GDM, and my `XAUTHORITY`
 environment variable is set to an absolute path.)

 We have had another report recently on tor-assistants that TBB for Linux
 does not work when X is started by XDM, but does work when X is started by
 `startxfce4`.  This problem is most likely caused by a bug in how XDM and
 KDM initialize the `XAUTHORITY` environment variable.  We should be able
 to work around that bug, but not until we know what those display managers
 set `XAUTHORITY` to.

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