Re: Linuxconf or gtk error?

["1stFlight !" <1stflight donet com>]

Hey, I don't know if that would've worked or not, but it turns out I needed to
add myself to the tty group (root too) no idea why but it fixed my problem. If
anyone can explain why this worked I'd love to know.


Darryl

Dave Reed wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:04:36 +0000
> > From: Darryl <1stflight@donet.com>
> >
> >   Hello,
> >
> > After recompiling my kernel I try to run the the latest version of
> > Linuxconf and recieve this error
> >
> > Error message from remadmin :Xlib:connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >
> > Error message from remadmin: Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect
> > to Server
> > Error message from remadmin:
> > Error message from remadmin: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
> >
> >
> > I'm running the Helix on a RH 6.0 system and kernel 2.2.15
>
> I'm guessing you're logged in as a normal user and did an su -
> correct?
>
> I just checked that and it worked for me, but I seem to remember a
> time when it didn't.
>
> For a simple solution in either case, try:
> xhost +localhost (before su'ing)
> and then su and run linuxconf.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
>
> P.S. this is probably a more appropriate question for a general linux
> list (like redhat-list@redhat.com).
>
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