staroffice7 update - susepro 9.1

Susepro linux 9.1; staroffice 7 with prior updates I was trying to update so7 with the latest patch [Aug 23] but ran into trouble. Prior patches installed with no problem. The .bin file reports it cannot connect to the X server which it needs to do to install the update. I know that Suse, with 9.1, replaced the X-X11 functionality with XFree86 and I assumed that a request for X would be handled by XFree86 without my intervention? - am I wrong? Furthermore, the other update patches did not have this problem. Do I now have to advise the patch function[s] of the change - how? -- Cheers, Serge [Naggar Consulting]