#4448 BLOC MP Star: X keeps trying to start

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#4448: X keeps trying to start
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  Reporter:  wad              |       Owner:  jg                               
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
  Priority:  blocker          |   Milestone:  MP Start                         
 Component:  x window system  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:                                   
  Verified:  0                |  
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Comment(by wad):

 There was a problem with these machines due to how we loaded the build
 onto them, but fixing it did NOT fix the inability of X to start.

 In order to avoid a multistep install process, cjb took a laptop, loaded
 build 617 onto it, then loaded the new kernel, our test scripts, and a
 modified /boot/olpc.fth (enabling more logging than anyone should have to
 suffer through).  He then did a save-nand from OFW to create the image
 loaded onto all the test laptops.

 This process caused /etc/hosts to have two entries for the local hostname,
 one of which was actually the hostname of the machine used to make the
 build.  (Good catch, Bernie).

 I corrected this by editing /etc/hosts, then rebooted, and X was still
 failing to start up.

 I removed the Xauthority entry from /etc/rwtab, and upon reboot, X started
 up fine.

 `uname -a` provides:
  Linux xo-01-1A-57.localdomain 2.6.22-20071023.3.olpc.0a5a6b07e5b7518 #1
 PREEMPT Tue Oct 23 06:40:40 EDT 2007 i586 i586 i386 GNU/Linux

 `cat /etc/hosts` provides:
  127.0.0.1 xo-01-1A-57.localdomain xo-01-1A-57 localhost
  127.0.0.1 xo-02-2D-1E.localdomain xo-02-2D-1E localhost
  127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

 `XAUTHORITY=/home/olpc/.Xauthority xauth list` provides (nothing):


 The MAC address of the machine these commands were run on ended in
 01:1A:57

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