At 15:26 25.03.99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for localhost
>emacs: Cannot connect to X server localhost:0.0.
>Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use -d'.
>Also use the ost' program to verify that it is set to permit
>connections from your machine.
>linux:~$
>
>
>What does all this mean. I get this when I try to run EMACS from a 'users'
>console. I DON't get this when I run as root?
>_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for localhost
The error message says that there is a problem in resolving the hostname
'localhost'.
I don't know if this is the real reason for this error.
But try the following:
Try as user and as root if a DISPLAY enviroment variable is set. ( echo
$DISPLAY )
If you want to connect to the X-Server on your machine this should not be
necessary.
look in your /etc/hosts file. There should be an entry for localhost:
--snip
#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
--snip
If the entry does not exist, !add! it. Leave other entrys as they are.
Try it and tell us what you found out...
raven
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