[plug] Ubuntu `Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file'

[WolfBite]

I'm tinkering with Mint (aka ubuntu aka debian :)

Everything going ok until suddenly  synaptic came back with
`Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file'
think it got clobbered or something while installing a program of some sort
google and cant find much but the same thing

synaptic still works from root and sudo 

I dont want a quick fix (it still works)
I want to know how to fix the Xauthorization file

both root and user Xauthorization file a 0 length
but on another test machine (great to tinker :) the Xauthorization is 317bytes

can anyone point me to any info that make sense :)

Thanks
wolfbite

       
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