Subject: Re: HELP with X display
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: Paul Newhouse <newhouse@rockhead.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/24/2007 00:31:35
>
> See if it's listening at all on TCP/6000.
>
> netstat -tan | egrep -i 6000
: /usr/pkg/bin/xv /tmp/newhouse/1.0=1=2.6839.exmh
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
/usr/pkg/bin/xv: Can't open display
pimin[newhouse]: netstat -tan | egrep -i 6000
tcp 0 0 172.16.89.42.6000 172.16.89.45.65516 ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 *.6000 *.* LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *.6000 *.* LISTEN
> Also check for a socket in /tmp or /var/tmp
: ls -l /var/tmp /tmp
/tmp:
total 156
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 46253 Mar 22 13:43 CIS-59B Syllabus.pdf
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 24592 Mar 20 12:43 Contributor.pdf
drwx------ 2 alex wheel 512 Mar 21 17:58 alex/
drwx------ 2 newhouse wheel 512 Mar 23 23:35 newhouse/
-rw-r--r-- 1 newhouse wheel 400 Mar 17 22:44 postgresssql
/var/tmp:
total 48
drwx------ 2 newhouse wheel 512 Mar 22 13:44 gconfd-newhouse/
drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Dec 9 13:41 gconfd-root/
drwx------ 2 newhouse wheel 512 Mar 22 13:44 orbit-newhouse/
drwx------ 2 root wheel 512 Dec 9 13:41 orbit-root/
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 2995 Mar 19 13:46 tmp.0.00000367aa.bak
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 1736 Oct 28 08:43 tmp.0.00022842aa.bak
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 2343 Feb 3 09:45 tmp.41.00029294bp.bak
-rw------- 1 newhouse wheel 3538 Feb 4 11:40 tmp.61.00029294cj.bak
drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 Mar 23 14:40 vi.recover/
I tried a reinit and now I don't have any of the twm window trim.
> ~BAS
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>
> On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Paul Newhouse wrote:
>
> > NetBSD pimin 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (PIMIN.MP) #0: Sun Sep 10 20:06:49 PDT 2006 root@bigbox.rockhead.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PIMIN.MP i386
> >
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > Is there some way to recover, other than restarting X?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Paul
> >
>
> l8*
> -lava (Brian A. Seklecki - Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
> http://www.spiritual-machines.org/
>
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