Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:15:08PM -0800, Kevin (linux@kd7hah.com) wrote:
>
> ----- 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.
That's not an answer.
*plonk*
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