Re: X Display does not work without devices
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:48:17PM +0100, Sjoerd wrote:
> I followed the Debian AMD64 HOWTO to set up a chroot environment with an
> ia32 setup in it. However, when I tried to start up a program, I got the
> following error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> The following seemed to solve this (in the chroot, as root):
> # cd /dev
> # ./MAKEDEV generic-i386
You failed to bind mount /dev to the chroot. If this isn't in the
howto, it should be.
> Furthermore, do not try to run X programs as root, it will probably not
> work.
>
> Just for your information and for people who also get this error.
dchroot I believe passes the X environment variables through. Of course
/home must be bind mounted too for everything to work properly.
Len Sorensen
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