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From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>
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Subject: Re: Netscape problem...
In-Reply-To: <199611300904.KAA21783@freebie.lemis.de> from Greg Lehey at "Nov 30, 96 10:04:07 am"
To: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
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According to Greg Lehey:
> Gary Kline writes:
> >
> >    Can any netscape users tell me why I get this refusal from
> >    the browser?
> >
> > Xlib:  connection to "localhost:0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib:  Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > Error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
> >
	[[ ... ]]

> Just a guess, since nobody else has come in with the correct answer,
> and I don't have these problems: your routing tables aren't set up
> correctly.  Check with
> 
>   $ netstat -rn
>   Routing tables
> 
>   Internet:
>   Destination        Gateway            Flags     Refs     Use     Netif Expire
>   127.0.0.1          127.0.0.1          UH          0       17       lo0
> 
> The localhost entry should look exactly like that, with the exception
> of the Refs and Use fields.
> 
> You can also try
> 
>   $ netscape -display unix:0
> 
> and see if that helps.
> 

	It was the DISPLAY.  In the script I set `export DISPLAY=unix:0.0'
	and netscape worked.  In my shell *rc I have left it set to
	localhost because this is what the audio suite NAS seems to 
	like.

	netstat shows my configuration as you have it, with exceptions.

	Thanks muchly.

	gary

>