Re: [Sheflug] Kernel Compile

[Matthew Collins <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 04:10:36PM +0000, Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> 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"    "
> 

Did you start X as another user (or login to x/kdm) and then you
are trying to run make xconfig as root or something.

Open a terminal as yourself, type xhost +localhost (allows any
user to connect from localhost).

> looks like the X server is refusing access to something.  Anyone know 
> how to get it to accept my request for an Xconfig ?  I've read man 
> xhost and tried something with that but that didn't make any sense 
> either.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard
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