In lists.linux.video4linux, you wrote:
>  
>  Hello Gerd Fan Club,
>  
>  I know all about xhost +, but does anybody know why v4lctl needs to
>  contact a running X server?

It doesn't need a X-Server.  But it can control Xvideo ports too, thus
it tries to connect to the X-Server if DISPLAY ist set.

>  # v4lctl setstation fox
>  Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>  Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server

"unset DISPLAY" or "v4lctl -c /dev/video0 ..."

  Gerd

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