Problems in setting display variable for X Windows server

[Ted Beaton]

Should have read your email closer.  Obviously you were root.  Did you su to
root in that window?  Or did you log in as root initially?  Try changing the
name back to when it worked and see if that makes a difference.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "santhosh" <santosh at e2esolutions.com>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: Problems in setting display variable for X Windows server


> Hi,
>     The response I get is this....
>
> [root at localhost X11]# xhost +
> Xlib: connection to "localhost:0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> xhost:  unable to open display "localhost:0"
>
>
> Regards,
> Santhosh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ted Beaton
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:28 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Problems in setting display variable for X Windows server
>
> Try running the command "/usr/bin/X11/xhost +"
>
> Ted
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "santhosh" <santosh at e2esolutions.com>
> To: <redhat-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:14 PM
> Subject: Problems in setting display variable for X Windows server
>
>
> >
> > Hi ,
> >        I have some problems in setting the display variable for X
windows.
> > Things were working fine when I wanted to change the hostname of my
> server.
> > I did all the necessary changes in the files:
> > 1. /etc/hosts
> > 2. /etc/sysconfig/network
> > 3. /proc/sys/kernel/hostname
> > 4. /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
> >
> >  Then I wanted to revert back to my old settings, I undid all the
changes.
> > Now the responses for few commands to set my display variable are like
> this;
> >
> >
>
****************************************************************************
> > ********************
> >    [root at localhost root]# echo $DSIPLAY
> >         (blank)
> > [root at localhost root]#
> >
> > even after I give the command export DISPLAY=localhost:0
> >
>
****************************************************************************
> > ********************
> > [root at localhost root]#xterm
> > Xlib: connection to "localhost:0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > Warning: This program is an suid-root ...
> >
> >
>
****************************************************************************
> > ********************
> > [root at localhost root]# xhost
> > Xlib: connection to "localhost:0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > xhost:  unable to open display "localhost:0"
> >
> >
>
****************************************************************************
> > ********************
> > [root at localhost root]# xinit
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > Server is already active for display 0
> >         If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
> >         and start again.
> >
> > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> > the full server output, not just the last messages.
> > Please report problems to xfree86 at xfree86.org.
> >
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > giving up.
> > xinit:  unable to connect to X server
> > xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> > [root at localhost root]#
> >
>
****************************************************************************
> > ********************
> >
> > Though , I should say I am a newbie...to Linux environment, and much of
an
> > application development guy.facing problems in displaying graphics in my
> > servlet.
> >
> > Please help me.
> >
> > Regards
> > Santhosh
> >
> >
> >
> >
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