Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
----- 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
> on Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:32:20PM -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 9:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
> >
> >
> > > on Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:35:02PM -0800, Kevin (kevin@robertsesq.com)
> > wrote:
> > > > Please can you help with this error?
> > > > Below is the log, env and .bashrc
> > > >
> > > > DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY
>
> <...>
>
> > > More useful information:
> > >
> > > - What command are you running?
> > > - What is the *exact* error message?
> > > - How is your root session executing?
>
> You didn't answer this question. Are you logged in directly as root, or
> did you run 'su' or 'sudo' from another userid?
>
> > > - Are you local or remote on this box?
> > >
> > >
> > > If you are logged in as a nonprivileged user, are 'su'd or 'sudo'd to
> > > root, and are attempting to run an X client, try specifying the local
> > > display *and* merging xauth records, as root:
> > >
> > > # export DISPLAY=<local display>
> > > # xauth merge ~/<nonprivileged user>/.Xauthority
>
> > make xconfig
> > cannot open display: debian:0.0
> > root
> > local
>
> That's a bit terser than is useful.
>
> Are you *logged in as root, directly, on an X display?* I doubt it.
>
> The solution I suggested previously should work. Try it and report
> results.
>
> Peace.
>
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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
Kevin
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