Re: xdm won't run xbanner
> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:20:13 -0700
> From: Jeff <jcoppock1@attbi.com>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: xdm won't run xbanner
>
> Tom Kuiper, 2002-Aug-18 05:14 +0000:
> > Greetings all.
> >
> > Behind the xdm login window I only have the grey tweedy background of raw X.
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 has the required /usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner.
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xbanner exists, as does
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XBanner
> > but when I try to run xbanner from a root prompt, I am told that it can't
> > access display "".
> >
> > I had all this working under bo.
>
> What was the format of the command string you used to try to run
> xbanner from the commmand line? I had a bit of trouble figuring out
> the proper format for the display. I used "-display :0" to get it to
> work for me.
> --
> Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Thanks, Jeff. I tried that without luck. With the xdm login screen on
VT7, I logged in as root on VT1 and did what you suggested. I got
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: client is not authorized to connect to server
I logged in as myself on VT2 and tried to do "xhost localhost". I got
xhost: unable to open display ""
I did "export DISPLAY=":0.0" and then "xhost localhost". That was OK
but trying to start xbanner still gave the same error.
Regards
Tom
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