Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-05 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 5:17 AM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > Kevin wrote: > > >>1. When you turn on your computer and boot into Linux,

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-03 Thread Kent West
Kevin wrote: 1. When you turn on your computer and boot into Linux, does it present you with a log in prompt? > Yes. 3. If the answer to Question 1 above is "Yes", is it a graphical login (kdm, xdm, etc), or is it a text-based login (white text on black screen, 80 columns by 24 lines, or

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-03 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:47 PM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > > > > > >>>>Yes I was login directly as root > >>>>

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Jason Pepas
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 01:35 am, Kevin wrote: > Please can you help with this error? > Below is the log, env and .bashrc > > DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY try this: export DISPLAY=:0.0 export XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority -jason pepas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Kent West
Yes I was login directly as root To what? Rather more important than what you're running is *how* you're running. None of us here can peek over your shoulder to see what's on your screen. You have to provide that information. You've been less than helpful, log on as root on t

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 11:56:13PM +, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:15:08PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip 108 lines of quoted text, including stray signatures] > > log on as root on the system it self. > > That's not an answer. Absolutely true, although

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:15:08PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: cannot open disl

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:15 PM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:52:25AM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:52:25AM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:59 PM > Subject: Re: cannot open disl

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread David Z Maze
"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > make xconfig ... > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display > "10.100.4.2:0.0" ... > Yes I was login directly as root *Why*? Building a kernel isn't the sort of essential system administration task that requires root access; you're much

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Hanasaki JiJi
Ran into this sometime back myself.. it was related to gdm options. something about a -nolisten option James Tappin wrote: On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:12:34 -0800 "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FYI If I try xhost +localhost xhost: unable to open display "debian:0.0" 3 alternatives spring to

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Frank Gevaerts
On Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 07:20:24AM -0800, Kevin wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "James Tappin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:27 AM > Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 >

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "James Tappin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:27 AM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:12:34 -0800 > "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread James Tappin
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 02:12:34 -0800 "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI > If I try xhost +localhost > xhost: unable to open display "debian:0.0" > 3 alternatives spring to mind; either: xhost +debian # as the original user or: export DISPLAY=localhost:0 # as root before running make xconfig

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:52 AM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > > - Original Message -

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-02 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:59 PM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > on Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:32:20PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-01 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:32:20PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:03 PM > Subject: Re: cannot open disl

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-01 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 9:03 PM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > on Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:35:02PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-01 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:35:02PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Please can you help with this error? > Below is the log, env and .bashrc > > DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY > > root@debian:/root # env > PWD=/root > PAGER=more > PS1=root@debian:$PWD # > USER=root > MAIL=/var/mail/ro

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-01 Thread Kevin
- Original Message - From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:30 AM Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > Kevin wrote: > > >Please can you help with this error? > >Below is the lo

Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2003-01-01 Thread Kent West
Kevin wrote: Please can you help with this error? Below is the log, env and .bashrc DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY root@debian:/root # env PWD=/root PAGER=more PS1=root@debian:$PWD # USER=root MAIL=/var/mail/root EDITOR=vi SSH_CLIENT=10.100.4.117 2842 22 DISPLAY=debian:0.0 LOGNAME=root Ar

cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0

2002-12-31 Thread Kevin
Please can you help with this error? Below is the log, env and .bashrc DISPLAY=debian:0.0;export DISPLAY root@debian:/root # env PWD=/root PAGER=more PS1=root@debian:$PWD # USER=root MAIL=/var/mail/root EDITOR=vi SSH_CLIENT=10.100.4.117 2842 22 DISPLAY=debian:0.0 LOGNAME=root SHLVL=1 SHELL=/bin/b