Re: running xconfig

2001-01-16 Thread Robert Guthrie
On Sunday 14 January 2001 11:41, William Leese wrote: > i was. > tried: > > $ xhost +local: > > but it gives the same error. You have to run it as the user in control of the X session, not as the user trying to gain access. Run "xhost +localhost" as the user running X. Incedentally, take a look

Re: running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread mike
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 04:59:12PM +0100, Brendon wrote: > 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 > Ap

Re: running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread Sebastiaan
Hi, for having authorization you must not have suid in the xsession. you can build the kernel as user, and when finished, su to root and do make modules_install and install arch/i386/boot/bzImage. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Brendon wrote: > when opening an xterminal in kde2 and at

Re: running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread David B . Harris
To quote William Leese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # i was. # tried: # # $ xhost +local: # # but it gives the same error. In order for 'xhost' to work, you have to be the user who started to X session; so: [EMAIL PROTECTED] xhost +local [EMAIL PROTECTED] su Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] make xconfig T

Re: running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread William Leese
i was. tried: $ xhost +local: but it gives the same error. how do i add an environment variable and to which file? (~/.bash_profile or /etc/profile?) On Sunday 14 January 2001 17:30, Casey W. Liscum wrote: > Are you su'ing to root to do the kernel build? > > If so, make sure you're allowing lo

Re: running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread Casey W. Liscum
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 r

running xconfig

2001-01-14 Thread Brendon
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'