Comment 1 for bug 567875

Hi, thanks for your bug report and the workaround. I'm don't know enough either about xauth at this moment to confirm if your approach is ok.

I am considering upgrading to a newer X Python library http://python-xlib.sourceforge.net/ which has been largely reworked. It will require some work to extract only the relevant parts, but this may solve other (xauth/xhost-related) bugs as well. I suggest you live with the local patch until either more people complain, or the newer X library (if anybody can find some time) is integrated.