Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Tappin" <james@tappin.me.uk>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:12:34 -0800
> "Kevin" <kevin@robertsesq.com> wrote:
>
> > FYI
> > If I try xhost +localhost
> > xhost: unable to open display "debian:0.0"
> >
>
> 3 alternatives spring to mind; either:
> xhost +debian # as the original user
> or:
> export DISPLAY=localhost:0 # as root before running make xconfig
> or even:
> ssh -X root@localhost # instead of su
>
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Same on all 3
unable to open display
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