Are you su'ing to root to do the kernel build?
If so, make sure you're allowing local connections to your X server.
This should work:
$ xhost +local:
Then su and make sure your DISPLAY environment variable is set to
":0".
Brendon writes:
> when opening an xterminal in kde2 and attempting to run make xconfig in
> /usr/src/kernel-source-x.y.z/ i get the following error:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0"
>
> i've received the same error when trying to run apps that use x by issuing
> the command using an xterminal.
>
> Another oddity: i only have one getty terminal (only one is running).
>
> Anyone have any clue?
>
> William Leese
>
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