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    Could not update ICEauthority file

    I logged in today and I got an interesting error.
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    Could not update ICEauthority file /home/username/.ICEauthority
    I have no idea why this is happening. I tried looking for an explanation but couldn't really find what that file even does. I found that the permissions might have changed for some reason. So I changed the ownership using chown and then logged out and back in. I still have that problem.

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    Code:
    sudo chown $USER:$USER /home/username/.ICEauthority
    sudo chmod 644 /home/username/.ICEauthority
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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    you should rename the file - xserver will recreate it with the necessary permissions if you try to login afterwards - if it works fine again remove the renamed file

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    Thanks the chmod seems to have fixed the problem. Can anyone tell me what the file does and why the permissions changed?

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    Thanks

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    This fix does not work for me.

    As soon as I began getting this error message, which I suppose was after I updated my sources, my notifications and sound stopped working.

    I chowned .ICEauthority and yet I still get the same error.

    Any other steps I could take to figure out what is wrong or how to fix this?

    I heard creating a new user fixes this problem, but I have a lot of important data on my user and I want a quick fix.

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    Quote Originally Posted by Red.Dragon View Post
    This fix does not work for me.

    As soon as I began getting this error message, which I suppose was after I updated my sources, my notifications and sound stopped working.

    I chowned .ICEauthority and yet I still get the same error.

    Any other steps I could take to figure out what is wrong or how to fix this?

    I heard creating a new user fixes this problem, but I have a lot of important data on my user and I want a quick fix.
    See post #3 and link. you have to do exactly what it says in the correct order.

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    Re: Could not update ICEauthority file

    I already attempted this fix.

    That was the intention of saying "This fix does not work for me."

    I followed all steps posted in Post #3, rebooted, and the error still continues and I checked ownerships of .ICEauthority, even went over the process again, rebooted, and nothing.

    Any other ideas?
    Could there be a way to get Ubuntu to create a new .ICEauthority file for me?

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