On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:06:24 +0200, Josephine wrote:

run the installation as user, not logged in as root at the console, but as user on X.

Josephine

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When I run the installation as user I get this: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client! (firefox-bin:4127): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

On Monday 02 August 2004 11:31, Mark Parker wrote:

Thank you all guys! It worked! Is this a Firefox or O/S problem?

http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/projects/mozilla/firefox/READ... Cheers, Leen

In a previous message, Sid Boyce wrote:

Mark Parker wrote:

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Thank you all guys! It worked! Is this a Firefox or O/S problem? By default only the user has authority to connect to the X server, that's the way it's structured for security. Regards Sid.

Sure, but that doesn't explain why firefox suddenly stopped working with this release (having worked fine before), requiring 'xhost +' for its first run only. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!

In a previous message, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* John Pettigrew [08-02-04 08:45]:

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Sure, but that doesn't explain why firefox suddenly stopped working with this release (having worked fine before)

Did you read the rest of the thread? It was explained. [snip] "Because of missing registration features in firefox 0.9.x you have to start firefox as root the first time after installation.[snip]"

Yes, I did - but that msg came through to me *after* I'd sent my msg (and was posted only 20 mins before I posted my message, which is pretty close in mailing list terms). Your answer had not answered the OP's question, which was why I followed it up ("Only the user has authority" is not an answer to "Is firefox or the OS to blame?"). However, as you pointed out, a subsequent message did provide the answer (that it's an error in this release of firefox). John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!