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ealfert
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 17 Jul 2002
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Location: Weston, FL, US
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 Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 1:36 pm Post subject: xdpyinfo (can't run command) |
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I'm trying to get information about my currently running session.
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# /usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo | grep dimensions: | awk '{print $2}'
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo: unable to open display ":0.0".
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i also tried
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# /usr/X11R6/bin/xdpyinfo -display <everything i could think of>
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Any ideas (i did read the SHORT man page...not very helpful)?
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Naan Yaar
Bodhisattva
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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This means that the client does not have permissions to connect to the X server (running as a user, I guess). You can either:
xhost + localhost
from a user console. This will allow ALL local clients to connect.
If you are a bit paranoid, copy the .Xauthority file from the user to the root home directory and you'll be set (you can chmod og-r this file to prevent others from having read access to it after you copy it over). |
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ealfert
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| Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2002 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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thank you... it worked... i followed the non-paranoid option. 
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