Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: alain.didierjean@××××.fr
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Display gone
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:19:06
Message-Id: 1279045107.4c3cadf3d829b@imp.free.fr
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Display gone by Allan Gottlieb
1 Selon Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>:
2
3 > alain.didierjean@××××.fr writes:
4 >
5 > > Just reinstalled Gentoo. Boot thru kdm. Works fine, but a lot of X & kde
6 > apps
7 > > can't find the display and return
8 > >
9 > > No protocol specified
10 > > No protocol specified
11 > > xprop: unable to open display ':0'
12 > >
13 > > Did I forget to configure something ?
14 >
15 > Perhaps these apps are running as another user.
16
17 No, all were launched by the same user.
18 > An easy check (not safe for long term use) is to open a terminal
19 > (assuming you can) and type
20 > xhost +
21 > which permits any process to write on the screen.
22
23 Doesn't work, too bad:
24
25
26 isba ~ # xhost +
27 No protocol specified
28 No protocol specified
29 xhost: unable to open display ":0"
30
31 Thanks for the tip, anyway.