On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried using xlock and this message was on the xterm, can anyone tell me
> what it means and what I must do to correct this?
> ************************
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> xlock: unable to open display .
> ************************
Your DISPLAY enviroment is not set.
As root place
export DISPLAY=:0.0
In /etc/profile or bash_profile
Or whatever its called on your system.
You can alaso type it in on the command line in the xterm before
using xlock.
> -Karthik.
>
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