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Re: X Toolkit Error: Can't Open display!!!

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From: Hemant Shah
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 21:57
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In article <1d9meiINNfh@sacomm.schulz.unisa.edu.au>, cowleym@sacomm.schulz.unisa.edu.au () writes:
|> 
|> Trying to run any X-windows application from a window on our Ultrix machine, 
|> on my VMS VAXstation, over DECNET, as myself (not the superuser) I always 
|> get the message:  
|> 
|> 	(This is so compicated, I hope it's clearer than mud to you)
|> 
|> Xlib:  connection to "saccs1::0.0" refused by server
|> Xlib:  Client is not authorized to access server
|> X Toolkit Error: Can't Open display
|> 
|> I am running Motif on a VAXstation 3100.
|> I have set Security Options in the Session Manager, authorizing myself as user
|> over DECNET to the Unix machine. (If I authorize ROOT in my Session Manager's
|> Security options, and become the superuser on the Ultrix machine, I CAN run the 
|> X-windows applications)
|> 
|> My .login file on the Ultrix machine (DS5000), has setenv DISPLAY saccs1::0.0
|> to indicate DECNET connection.
|> 
|> 
|> An application I want to run might be the archie client:
|> 
|> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root      1550836 Nov  4 16:56 xarchie*
|> 
|> and may use :
|> 
|> -rw-rw-r--  1 root       195364 Nov 4 16:56 /usr/lib/X11/libezMenu.a
|> -r--r--r--  1 root       18066  Nov 4 16:56/usr/local/lib/app-defaults/Xarchie
|> 
|> Why can't I run it?
|> Something amiss with the X Toolkit?
|> Everyone has read access to the /usr/lib/libX* libraries and
|> /usr/include/mit/X11 files
|> 
|> What more do I have to do?
|> 
|> ---
|> AusMail: Margaret Cowley, UniSA, Schulz Building, Kintore Ave.,Adelaide,SAust.
|> E-Mail : cowleym@schulz.unisa.edu.au, Phone:+61 8 301 1617, FAX:+61 8 301 2602

On you VMS system type following command:

$ set display/create/node='nodename'/trans=decnet

and then start Xapplication on remote system.

Hope this helps :-)

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