On 17 Aug 2001 01:55:35 +0200, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Hi folks, > > I can't watch TV when I have my home directory mounted via NFS from the > file server. Specifically, the tool v4l-conf (which is automatically > run by xawtv) reports the following: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > can't open x11 display :0 > > When my home dir is mounted locally, it reports the correct window size > and stuff. > > I am stumped and have no clue where to look. The man page says nothing > and I can't find any other documentation. >
Perhaps you need to have a suid bit set for the program and your /etc/fstab is mounting your nfs home directory with root squash? Maybe a xhost localhost and xhost (yournfsserver) will allow access. --mike
