-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 17 April 2001 11:08, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Jesse Goerz wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I'm trying to recompile a kernel but keep getting this error trying to > > use make xconfig: > > > > storm:/usr/src/linux# make xconfig > > rm -f include/asm > > ( cd include ; ln -sf asm-i386 asm) > > make -C scripts kconfig.tk > > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.18pre21/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/kernel-source-2.2.18pre21/scripts' > > wish -f scripts/kconfig.tk > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0" > > Error in startup script: invalid command name "button" > > while executing > > "button .ref" > > (file "scripts/kconfig.tk" line 51) > > make: *** [xconfig] Error 1 > > By any chance are you logged in as a normal user in X, but > logged in as root in an xterm or the like and running 'make xconfig'? > If so, the xserver is not letting another users (root, in this case) > run a display on your (the regular user) display.
Yep, sure was. > You might want to read the man page on xhost. > I believe running xhost +root should do the trick, before logging in > as root. So, open your xterm, run 'xhost +root' then su to root > (or however you go about being root to compile a kernel) and then > 'make xconfig' - I'm guessing that's the problem. > > Take care, > > Zonker Cool, I'll check that out. Thank you. - -- Docs by & for Debian newbies http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net pgp key at: http://personal.mco.bellsouth.net/~jgoerz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjrdIksACgkQUraCO4ktIFfcUACgjPDMNIkDD/hSom+ye9TRMhY/ RigAnicvumfYeOUved0V0LDFDXGUeXu3 =eeVP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
