Woohooo!!! Success!
This is crossposted to the two lists where I received different,
but related answers. For others who might encounter the same
problem, I reproduce the two solutions below, because they are
worded differently and they approach the problem from different
directions. It is always very helpful for understanding, to see
two viewpoints.
Sincere thanks to both Wolfgang Fritz and Anders Johansson,
respectively.
Also, I had forgotten about "sux", which I had used before, but
which is not mentioned in general-audience mailing lists, because
not all distros have the command available.
To summarize, I was attempting to install OpenOffice 1.0.1,
but the install script kept reporting "cannot connect to X
server".
Here are the solutions --
On Monday 19 August 2002 20:11, Wolfgang Fritz wrote:
Initializing installation program..........
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
It's what the message means: The X connection (the install
program tried
to open) was refused by the X server. In SuSE 8.0 only the user
logged
in via KDM is able to open connections to the X server by
default.
Solution:
Open a terminal from the task bar and enter the command
xhost +
Then open a root window and enter the command
export DISPLAY=:0
Then start the install script in this window.
AND, FROM Anders Johansson
On Monday 19 August 2002 20:39, Anders Johansson wrote:
Here's the deal: X doesn't know about root, it know only about
the user that
started it. That user has all the permissions to run programs
that use the
running X. As that user you need to grant permissions to other
users to run
programs. There are several ways to do this:
As the user that started X, run "ssh -X root@localhost"
As root after "su", run "export
XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority"
where "user" is the user that started X.
As the user that started X, run "sux" instead of "su" to go to
root. This will
essentially do the XAUTHORITY thing I mentioned, but you won't
have to know
about it :)
As the user who started X, run "xhost +inet:localhost". This
will allow *all*
users logged in to the local machine to run X programs.
I'm sure there are other ways, but these should be enough to be
getting on
with
--
"DIRty DEEDS, and they're DONE dirt cheap."
[Sing it with me, now...]
Kevin McLauchlan