[NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware and Ximian Gnome

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 12:06, Patrick Parks wrote:
> Thanks for noticing :) Still getting a similar error. Would be nice to
> be able to have the username back in the prompt and the current
> directory, but another project that is. The funny thing is that I ran
> the Netscape 7.0 installer in close to the same manner on the same
> computer su to root, and I did not get this error. I really would only
> like to get the current version of evolution, red-carpet would be nice
> also, but I really dont use gnome anymore after dicovering Windowmaker.
> I just miss the ability to update the software so easily, and do not see
> any tarballs for the latest version of evolution on Ximians site. Thanks
> again!
> 
> bash-2.05a$ xhost
> access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
> INET:Vaio.none

This is what concerns me.

here is where it is dieing in the script
"if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]
then
    bail_display
fi

xhost &> /dev/null
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
    bail_display
fi"

The first one just checks to make sure thet $DISPLAY has anything (-z
means if the string is zero length).
you said $DISPLAY is set to :0.0 right?

The second one is where I think it is dieing.  This is running the
command 'xhost &> /dev/null' and checking for a non-zero exit status,
indicating an error.  when you ran xhost, was it as root or as your
user?

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