yeah emacs defaults to x11 unless you add the -nw option On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Todd Deshane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:47 AM, John Mort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've recently started using screen out of habit when SSH'ing into my > > machine from work. Today I tried editing a file with emacs and got > > the following error. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ emacs x > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0. > > Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'. > > Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit > > connections from your machine. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printenv | grep DISPLAY > > DISPLAY=:0.0 > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xhost > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > xhost: unable to open display ":0.0" > > > > > > > > Not really sure where to go from here, google is telling me how to > > solve several problems that aren't this one. Any suggestions? > > > > Try emacs -nw x > > -nw stands for no window using that it then should open in the console, not > try to open a graphical window. > > Todd > > > > > > -- > > John D. Mort > > http://john.mort.net > > _______________________________________________ > > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network > using > > Linux > > Jun 4 - TBD > > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
