On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 19:40 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 10/01/2008, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kris Douglas wrote: > <SNIP> > > Hi, I got the following: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ DISPLAY=:0; > XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; > > export DISPLAY XAUTHORITY > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ notify-send "title message" "Message > body > > text" libnotify-Message: Unable to get session bus: > dbus-launch > > failed to autolaunch D-Bus session: Xlib: connection to ": > 0.0" refused > > by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed. > <SNIP> > > Try, > > sudo apt-get install dbus-x11 > > Kind Regards, > Dave Walker > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > Hi, according to the machine that's already installed... > > thanks for the idea though. > > -- > Kris Douglas > Softdel Limited Hosting Services > > Web: www.softdel.net > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was getting the same error message until I changed this part XAUTHORITY=~owner_of:0/.Xauthority; to XAUTHORITY=/home/user/.Xauthority; where user was the username of the person logged on and using screen :0 then it worked a treat Josh -- My PGP public key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x3E4E0E21
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