As the same user who started the X server do a "xhost + localhost" to allow X connections from anyone on the machine.
-----Original Message----- From: will trillich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:46 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: installing oracle 8i: can't connect display :0.0 i'm new at this X stuff, so whip out the clue stick: i tried `./runInstaller` on the oracle8i install cd, and i get XLIB: connection to ":0.0" refused by server i've tried export DISPLAY=:0.1 export DISPLAY=:1.0 export DISPLAY=:1.1 export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 export DISPLAY=192.168.1.2:0.0 and get bounced every time. nmap shows X11 is listening on port 6000, so what else do i need? i'm using potato... -- It is always hazardous to ask "Why?" in science, but it is often interesting to do so just the same. -- Isaac Asimov, 'The Genetic Code' [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newbieDoc -- next week's newbie needs your brain: document your experience today! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]