[SunRescue] netscape/xlib problem.

CEO Dan Jameyson jameyson at iwosys.net
Fri Aug 20 00:14:59 CDT 1999


> Gregory Leblanc wrote:
> 
> I'm sure this is easy to fix, but I've never used solaris at all, and
> barely used X before.  At least never to the point where I had to do
> anything with it.  When I try to start the /usr/loca/netscape/netscape
> executable, it gives me an error like this:
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> Error: Can't open display: :0.0
> 
> I suspect that this is an xauth thing, but I can't seem to figure out
> how to fix it.  Any pointers?  Thanks,
>     Greg

xauth +machine_name
should fix it all up
or try
xauth +localhost
etc, etc...

also make sure you do something like "export DISPLAY=:0" from the
terminal if it's not working.

Dan Jameyson






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