Re: X error: can't open display ?

[Gabor Zoltan Csejtey <Gabor.Csejtey@idi.ntnu.no>]

Have a look at the following files:

/etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc
/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers
Remove the -nolisten tcp option from them and restart the xdm/startx.

/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config
You may change the last line into uncommented.

Gabor
PS.
I haven't checked the security changes.


	Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:06:02 +0100 (CET)
	From: Dinh-Tuan.Pham@imag.fr
	Resent-From: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org

			 Hi,
			 After upgrading my sparc box, I notice a very annoying
	problem: I can't no longer launch a remote X client from the console
	of my sparc. When I log into another machine and lounch an X
	application, I get this error message

	Xt: can't open display.

	THe DISPLAY variable *has been set corectly* and the client machine
	*has been allowed to acess the display* through the command xhost. I
	suspect the problem might come from the new Xlib or its interaction
	with ssh (but ssh has worked nicely before). But I have no clues. Can
	any one help me? Should I file a bug report ? It is important that
	this problem be solved quickly since theis machine is a production
	machine

	Here is some info on the package related to X and ssh:

	ii  xlibs          4.0.1-12       X Window System client libraries
	ii  xlibs-dev      4.0.2-1        X Window System client library development f
	ii  xserver-common 4.0.2-1        files and utilities common to all X servers
	ii  xserver-xsun   3.3.6-11potato X server for 8-bit Sun framebuffers
	ii  ssh-nonfree    1.2.27-6       a secure replacement for rlogin, rsh, and rc

	I also have noticed that the file Xsession has been completely
	changed. I have retained the old file, but after changing to the new
	file, the problem remains. Another thing is that the xserver-xsun is
	still of version 3.3.6 while Xlib is of version 4.0.1. But it is scary
	to change the server (if apt-get upgrade don't require this), it would
	be catastrophic if the new server won't work.

	Thank for any help

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