Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:22:47 -0700 From: chip.wiegand@simrad.com To: fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar Cc: chip.wiegand@simrad.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> Subject: Re: star office won't install - X related problem Message-ID: <OF8AF7C13D.960C01D5-ON88256B8F.008028E3-88256B8F.0080783B@simrad.no>
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owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wrote on 04/02/2002 03:03:04 PM: > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Walter Hop wrote: > > > [in reply to chip.wiegand@simrad.com <chip.wiegand@simrad.com>, 02/04/02] > > > > > glib version: 2.1.2 > > > _X11TransSocketUnixConnect: Can't connect: Error = 2 (repeated 6 > > > times) > > > ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin : cannot connect to X server 0:0 > > > > Are you executing the installer from within root's X session? > > > > (If you are in X as an ordinary user but are using `su', try to really > > startup/login to X as root instead of su'ing) > > Or the simpler 'DISPLAY=:0; export TERM' if you are su'ing to root. > This way you don't have close your session to install SO > > Fer I tried your suggestion but get export: command not found (and no, I didn't use any quote marks of any kind) and I am su'ing to root. What's strange is why is this happening on this box but didn't happen on my box at home, which is essentially the same? -- Chip > > > > -- > > Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> | +31 6 24290808 | PGP keyid 0x84813998 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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