Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
> on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:52:25AM -0800, Kevin (kevin@robertsesq.com)
wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
>
> <...>
>
> The following is largely irrelevant.
>
> > make xconfig
> > rm -f include/asm
> > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm)
> > make -C scripts kconfig.tk
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts'
> > cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk
> > ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk
> > echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk
> > echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" >> kconfig.tk
> > cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk
> > chmod 755 kconfig.tk
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts'
> > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk
> > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display
> > "10.100.4.2:0.0"
> > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button"
> > while executing
> > "button .ref"
> > (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51)
> > make: *** [xconfig] Error 1
> >
> > Yes I was login directly as root
>
> To what?
>
> Rather more important than what you're running is *how* you're running.
> None of us here can peek over your shoulder to see what's on your
> screen. You have to provide that information. You've been less than
> helpful, I'm not going to respond further if you don't provide useful
> information.
>
> Here's the story:
>
> - If you're logging in to a GUI session on your GNU/Linux system
> (local X11 session), as root, but have mangled your $DISPLAY
> variable by hand, there is no display (X11 session) to connect to.
> This could be your problem, and fits with the information you've
> provided.
>
> - If you're logging in to a GUI session on your GNU/Linux system
> (local X11 session), as a non-root user, and have accessed root via
> su or sudo, but have not set, or have incorrectly set, a $DISPLAY
> variable, or have not properly configured xauth, there is no display
> (X11 session) to connect to. This could be your problem, and fits
> with the information you've provided.
>
> - If you're logging in to console on your GNU/Linux system (no X11
> session), there is no display (X11 session) to connect to. This
> could be your problem, and fits with the information you've
> provided.
>
> - If you're sitting at another system, not running a local X11 server,
> and are establishing a shell session to your GNU/Linux box, there is
> no X11 session to connect to. This could be your problem, and fits
> with the information you've provided.
>
> - If you're sitting at another system, running a local X11 server, and
> are establishing a shell session to your GNU/Linux box, but have any
> of a number of configurations which don't forward the X11
> connection, there is no X11 session to connect to. This could be
> your problem, and fits with the information you've provided.
>
>
> Kevin: unless you clarify precisely how you're logged into your system,
> there's little but educated guesses most of us can provide for you.
> Please provide the appropriate information.
>
> Alternatively, you could use a configuration option (e.g.: make config,
> make menuconfig) which doesn't require an X11 display.
>
> Peace.
>
> --
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
> What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
> Reading is a right, not a feature
> -- Kathryn Myronuk
http://www.freesklyarov.org
>
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>
log on as root on the system it self.
Kevin
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