OpenOffice-bin Installer can't connect to X-server

[Terry Chan]

The "xhost +localhost" instruction could be a little clearer.

The intended situation is:

1. You have started X as a regular user (either from startx as regular user
or logged in as a regular user from xdm|kdm|gdm).

2. One of your xterm's is running as root (through the "su -")

3. In the xterm you are logged in as regular user (not root),
you need to give the command "xhost +localhost" before you try
to "lin openoffice-bin" in the xterm that is logged in as root.

If you are running your entire X session already as root then
you do not need to mess around with "xhost +localhost" because
root already has access to the display.

And of course you are inside of X for all of this right ?

You are not trying to "lin openoffice-bin" from a linux console
right ?

Terry Chan
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 09:25:27PM -0700, Carl R. Powers wrote:
> Installation of openoffice-bin keeps failing because the installer
> can't connect to the X-server.   I've followd their instructions about
> setting "xhost +localhost" to no avail.  The only networking I have
> installed and working is dialup ppp.
> 
> Any suggestions?  I realize I could untar the archive, edit their
> install script to set the lunar preferred paths, and then just run
> that file, but I'd rather do it the right way.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carl Powers
> <powers at trac.wsmr.army.mil><powers at copper.net>
>