on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 03:15:08PM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > > > > on Thu, Jan 02, 2003 at 12:52:25AM -0800, Kevin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 11:59 PM > > > Subject: Re: cannot open dislpay: debian:0.0 > > > > <...> > > > > The following is largely irrelevant. > > > > > make xconfig > > > rm -f include/asm > > > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > > > make -C scripts kconfig.tk > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts' > > > cat header.tk >> ./kconfig.tk > > > ./tkparse < ../arch/i386/config.in >> kconfig.tk > > > echo "set defaults \"arch/i386/defconfig\"" >> kconfig.tk > > > echo "set ARCH \"i386\"" >> kconfig.tk > > > cat tail.tk >> kconfig.tk > > > chmod 755 kconfig.tk > > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.20/scripts' > > > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > > > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display > > > "10.100.4.2:0.0" > > > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" > > > while executing > > > "button .ref" > > > (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) > > > make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 > > > > > > Yes I was login directly as root > > > > To what? > > > > Rather more important than what you're running is *how* you're running. > > None of us here can peek over your shoulder to see what's on your > > screen. You have to provide that information. You've been less than > > helpful, I'm not going to respond further if you don't provide useful > > information. > > > > Here's the story: > > > > - If you're logging in to a GUI session on your GNU/Linux system > > (local X11 session), as root, but have mangled your $DISPLAY > > variable by hand, there is no display (X11 session) to connect to. > > This could be your problem, and fits with the information you've > > provided. > > > > - If you're logging in to a GUI session on your GNU/Linux system > > (local X11 session), as a non-root user, and have accessed root via > > su or sudo, but have not set, or have incorrectly set, a $DISPLAY > > variable, or have not properly configured xauth, there is no display > > (X11 session) to connect to. This could be your problem, and fits > > with the information you've provided. > > > > - If you're logging in to console on your GNU/Linux system (no X11 > > session), there is no display (X11 session) to connect to. This > > could be your problem, and fits with the information you've > > provided. > > > > - If you're sitting at another system, not running a local X11 server, > > and are establishing a shell session to your GNU/Linux box, there is > > no X11 session to connect to. This could be your problem, and fits > > with the information you've provided. > > > > - If you're sitting at another system, running a local X11 server, and > > are establishing a shell session to your GNU/Linux box, but have any > > of a number of configurations which don't forward the X11 > > connection, there is no X11 session to connect to. This could be > > your problem, and fits with the information you've provided. > > > > > > Kevin: unless you clarify precisely how you're logged into your system, > > there's little but educated guesses most of us can provide for you. > > Please provide the appropriate information. > > > > Alternatively, you could use a configuration option (e.g.: make config, > > make menuconfig) which doesn't require an X11 display. > > > > Peace. > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > > What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > Reading is a right, not a feature > > -- Kathryn Myronuk > http://www.freesklyarov.org > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > log on as root on the system it self.
That's not an answer. *plonk* -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Geek for hire: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
