In a message dated: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:49:24 +0100
Olaf Gruettner said:
>when I typ something like this in a xterm I get the following error.
>the installation of x11 V4.1.0 by sources went allright, no errors
>indicated.
>
>I suspect an authority error, but I do not know how to solve it.
>
>olaf@lfs:~ # xterm
>_X11TransSocketINETConnect: can't get service for 0:0
>xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0:0
>olaf@lfs:~ #
Looks like you've su'ed to root from your regular login. As a
result, you own the X display, and root doesn't have authorization to
connect to it. The easiest way to get around this is to use xhost to
allow other users to connect to your display.
In another terminal window, as yourself, type:
$ xhost + `hostname`
There is probably some better more secure way of doing this involving
xauth, but I've never been concerned enough about X security to
bother figuring out xauth :)
Hope that helps!
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