Re: XFree86 4.2 update howto?
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 12:41:00PM +1300, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I am new to Debian & am trying to figure out a few things. > > How do I solve the folloing error message? > > > (none):/home/haralambos# ./synaptic The '(none)' means your machine doesn't have a hostname. Is that deliberate? > bash: ./synaptic: No such file or directory ./ means 'this directory'. I'm fairly sure synaptic isn't installed in /home/haralambos :-) > (none):/home/haralambos# synaptic > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > synaptic:could not open display Either use xhost as someone else suggested, or install 'sudo'. > Secondly, what is the easiest way to point Synaptic to a local Debian > mirror & download/install it? I'm fairly sure synaptic is Yet Another Apt Frontend, so you'll need to edit /etc/apt/source.list to point at the mirror you want. -rob msg11138/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree86 4.2 update howto?
Haralambos Geortgilakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How do I solve the folloing error message? > > (none):/home/haralambos# synaptic > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server Read the Remote-X-Apps mini-HOWTO, e.g. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html. Or search the list archives for debian-user; this is a fairly frequently asked question. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFree86 4.2 update howto?
For running X programs such as synaptic as root, as a regular user type in "xhost local:root" then su to root and run it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XFree86 4.2 update howto?
Hi All, I am new to Debian & am trying to figure out a few things. How do I solve the folloing error message? (none):/home/haralambos# ./synaptic bash: ./synaptic: No such file or directory (none):/home/haralambos# synaptic Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server synaptic:could not open display (none):/home/haralambos# Secondly, what is the easiest way to point Synaptic to a local Debian mirror & download/install it? *TIA* & *BFN* Greek Geek :-) This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough hunchbacks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
