Re: [Sheflug] Kernel Compile

[José Luis Gómez Dans <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

begin  Richard Ibbotson  quotation:
	# how to attribute replies
> Dear all
> 
> After compiling a 2.4.18 kernel successfully on my Debian GNU/Linux 
> laptop I thought I'd try it on my SuSE workstation.
> 
> After typing in 'make xconfig' I get the following error message....
> 
> "Application initialisation failed:  couldn't connect to display 
> ":0:0"    "

	This is usually the caes if you are using the root user (which
you shouldn't use, as we all now, because a ray will fall from the sky
and blind all ye non-believers :D). Try
	xhost +127.0.0.1

	It works here...
	José
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