"Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > make xconfig ... > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display > "10.100.4.2:0.0" ... > Yes I was login directly as root
*Why*? Building a kernel isn't the sort of essential system administration task that requires root access; you're much less likely to shoot yourself in the foot if you do it as a normal user. (You only need to be root to do the final install-the-kernel step; in a kernel-package world, that's the 'dpkg --install' invocation.) It sounds like your essential problem is that you're setting $DISPLAY by hand when you don't need to. If you really are logged in directly, DISPLAY should come pre-set to :0.0, which is the right setting. Similarly, if you're logged in remotely, ssh X forwarding should correctly set DISPLAY for you. These days, unless you're dealing with remote work on really crufty machines with recalcitrant administrators who won't install ssh, you have no reason to ever put anything before the colon in an X display setting. (Exception: ssh uses localhost:10.0 or so rather than a Unix socket.) Similarly, you should probably forget the xhost command ever existed; it's useless on a Debian box with default settings. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
