On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 10:45:37AM -0600, Carlo Segre wrote: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' [...] > I have seen a similar symptom on 1 out of three computers that I have > running potato. In my case, I am not running xdm but gdm and I am able > to log in and run any X applications from the GUI but if I try to run one > from a command line in a a terminal, I get the same message.
Well, terminal sessions that aren't children of the X session don't inherit $DISPLAY. If $DISPLAY is not set, these programs don't even know where to look for a server to connect to. Some might default to :0.0. > This happens only when I am using a Gnome session. With a Debian session > it works fine. Furthermore, as root there are no problems. Since I am > seeing this on one of three machines which are presumabley set up in the > same way, I am presuming that it is some incorrect configuration file > somewhere. If anyone has an insight, I would appreciate it. My next > move is to purge all X packages and reinstall... Please see the section in the Debian X FAQ[1] about the XAUTHORITY environment variable. [1] /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz -- G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy spot [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on the pavement, where used to lie the roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | carcass of a dead horse.
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