Subject: Re: HELP with X display
To: Paul Newhouse <newhouse@rockhead.com>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/20/2007 09:52:30
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Paul Newhouse wrote:
> After running as expected for weeks I suddenly get this error:
>
> pimin[newhouse]: xterm
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
> pimin[newhouse]: echo $DISPLAY
> :0.0
> pimin[newhouse]: xhost +
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xhost: unable to open display ":0.0"
Did you change your hostname recently?
> Is there some way to recover, other than restarting X?
Jeremy C. Reed