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

[Carl R. Powers]

To All,

Thanks, guys.  At least I know now how it's SUPPOSED to work.  Howver,
it didn't, but I do now have openoffice-bin installed using lunar.

I am using the latest stable gnome 2 in moonbase with the metacity window
manager.  Don't know which part of it was causing the problem, but here's
what I did to get around it.  First, I ran "init 3" to kill X, then ran 
"startx"
which, with no other configuration, gave me X with twm.  I then ran
"lin -cr openoffice-bin"  (I've uncommented the j2sdk line in DEPENDS),
and it worked like it was supposed to.  I did the "xhost +localhost" in 
another
xterm when prompetd, just to be on the safe side, but should not have had to
since I was logged in and running as root. 

Anyway, thanks again for the advice.  Normally, that should have worked.

Carl Powers
<powers at trac.wsmr.army.mil><powers at copper.net>

Chris wrote:

> Also make sure your DISPLAY variable is set if you login as "su -". 
> "export DISPLAY=:0.0" should do it.
>
> Chris
>
> Terry Chan wrote:
>
>> 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
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> 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>
>>>
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