Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 11:19:03 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: lix@cs.pdx.edu (xiaoyin li) Cc: current@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199507040149.LAA14517@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199507031924.MAA06715@cs.pdx.edu> from "xiaoyin li" at Jul 3, 95 12:24:49 pm
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xiaoyin li stands accused of saying: > I have installed netscape from ftp.netscape.com site on my FreeBSD > with 04/95 SNAPSHOT and X11R6. However, I got the following error > messages at my first try. I would apprecite very much if someone > could give me a direction how to fix this probelm. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > books:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11 307 # netscape You're running as root. Bad idea. > books:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11 308 # > netscape: uname() failed; can't tell what system we're running on This is arguably a netscape bug. > netscape: locale `C' not supported. You haven't read the netscape documentation about setting the XNLSPATH environment variable. > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 You're root, but not logged in as root. If you're using startx or xinit, you'll have to ask someone else. If you're using xdm, add to root's .cshrc file : setenv XAUTHORITY ~$LOGNAME/.Xauthority Don't listen to anyone who says that you should use xhost; it's out of date and a security risk. > Xiaoyin Li -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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