Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 07:20:24AM -0800, Kevin wrote:
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> ----- 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
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>
> > 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
try DISPLAY=:0
(localhost==127.0.0.1==IP, while :0 uses unix sockets; and debian defaults
to not listen on IP ports)
Frank
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> unable to open display
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