Ken Archer wrote:
> I seem to have some kind of corrupted file as you see from the subject line.
> I have upgraded 6.0 to XFree86-3.3.5, kernel-2.2.13-pre4mdk and
> initscripts-4.23-30mdk. When I try to bring up netcfg, control-panel or
> filerunner from Konsole I get the following error:
>
> [karcher@Angus karcher]$ su
> Password:
> [root@Angus karcher]# fr &
> [1] 562
> [root@Angus karcher]# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0"
> Error in startup script: can't read "tk_patchLevel": no such variable
> while executing
> "if {$tk_patchLevel == "8.0"} {
> #puts "Buggy 8.0 menu.tcl file, applying patch"
> source $glob(lib_fr)/menu_80_patch.tcl
> }"
> (file "/usr/X11R6/bin/fr" line 3296)
>
> [1]+ Exit 1 fr
> [root@Angus karcher]# control-panel
> QXlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
> [root@Angus karcher]# netcfg
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg/netcfg.py", line 24, in ?
> from rhtkinter import *
> File "/usr/lib/rhs/python/rhtkinter.py", line 52, in ?
> e = Entry()
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1288, in __init__
> Widget.__init__(self, master, 'entry', cnf, kw)
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1042, in __init__
> BaseWidget._setup(self, master, cnf)
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1017, in _setup
> _default_root = Tk()
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 844, in __init__
> self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName, className)
> TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0"
>
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> Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas
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looks like you are refusing connection to root to your display. Try doing xhost
+localhost from a terminal in your current user (the one that did the su from.
