Re: connection to ":0.0" refused

[cloudmaster <cloudmaster@cloudmaster.com>]

Well, that turns off any access control, so any host out on the internet
can make stuff display on your screen...  xlock would be particularly
annoying. :)  You prolly wanna try an "xhost + localhost" at some point. 
That'll likely work after dialing in, and possibly before.  Or it won't
make any difference...

--Danny

DMW wrote:
> 
> I did an xhost + before dialing into the ISP.  That seemed to do the
> trick.  Just don't know why the upgrade reversed it to begin with.
> 
> Cloudmaster wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 13 May 1999 WICKERSHAM_DEREK_M@CAT.com wrote:
> > > After upgrading to RH6, I lost KDE and had to re-install it (thanks,
> > > Steve) from scratch.  Then I had to re-upgrade Redhat.  Somehow I
> > > managed to get it all back, but I can't run any X applications.
> > >
> > > Correction: I do recall that xterm ran at first; so did kppp.  But
> > > after I dialed into my ISP, every X app I try to run gives me this:
> > >
> > >  Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > >
> > > I was thinking, this has something to do with xhost, but I'm not sure
> >
> > > what exactly.  Can anyone suggest what I can do?
> >
> > Could be that your IP is changing after you dial in and X thinks it's
> > getting connected to from a foreign host.  If you start an xterm before
> > you
> > dial-in, then after dialing in do an "xhost + localhost" and see if
> > that
> > works.  If not, try replacing localhost with your ISP assigned IP
> > address.
> > One of those things'll prolly work.  You could prolly put that in a
> > script
> > to run after succesful dial-up...
> >
> > > Other quibble -- autofs works, but doesn't start automatically.  I
> > have
> > > to type in "/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs start" and then everything works.
> >
> > > How can I get this to start at boot time?
> >
> > under /etc/rc.n where "n" is the runlevel you're starting (prolly 2 or
> > 3
> > depending if you're starting with console mode or xdm), there are
> > symlinks
> > to the scripts that start when you start or stop that runlevel.  You
> > _could_
> > make a symlink there in the same style as teh others already in there,
> > but
> > since you've got KDE installed it might be a lot easier for you to just
> >
> > start up ksysv as root, which'll give you a neat-o GUI to rearrange the
> >
> > order things start and stop in the diferent runlevels.
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > Danny
> >
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