Are you trying to run it from a terminal that you're currently root in, while
you're using X as a regular user? If so just stop being root and it should be
ok.

Otherwise, try:

export display=:0.0

I *THINK* that will do the trick.

On Thu Feb 15/2001 @ 10:02:P -0500, Radhika Sambamurti - 718-622-8304 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently downloaded and installed AbiWord for my Debian Potato 2.2r
> Linux.
> The exact error message that I got when i tried to run it was:
> 
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> 
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
> 
> If anybody could help me out here... I would like to know what the above
> error messages mean, and if possible which dependency conflict i have to
> resolve.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Radhika
> 
> 
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