Might it be that you are using an environment where the DISPLAY variable is not set?
You are not providing a commit message on the command line which will cause CVS to
attempt to open an editor. If your editor is X-based and DISPLAY is not set or is set
to an Xhost that is denying access, you would get this or a similar message. If you
use "-m <message>" and the symptom goes away, this would be your problem.
I hope I have been of service.
-- Matthew Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:48 PM
Subject: RE: newbie question: help someone!
> On Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > I keep getting the following error when I try to commit a file:
> >
> > cvs commit write_shared_memory.c
> > Warning: cannot open display
> > cvs [commit aborted]: Logfile verification failed
> >
> > Whats wrong? and how can I fix this?
> Someone has configured your repository with a loginfo script which is
> trying to open an X windows session somewhere and failing. I'd suggest you
> contact your repository administrator. If this is you, contact your
> predecessor and look in CVSROOT/loginfo or CVSROOT/commitinfo for some
> scripts to do some tricky things.
>
>
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