Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: Setting the correct DISPLAY when starting up OpenWindows Message-ID: Date: 27 Mar 91 13:47:00 GMT References: <656uu7u@openlook.Unify.Com> Sender: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 21 In-reply-to: sane!genmri!doug@crdgw1.ge.com's message of 25 Mar 91 18:31:00 GMT In article <656uu7u@openlook.Unify.Com> sane!genmri!doug@crdgw1.ge.com (Doug Becker) writes: > If Emacs is trying > to open `hostname`:0.0 when your DISPLAY environment variable is :0.0, > Emacs is broken. The bug is in xnews. Sun knows about this bug. The bug is the server and has to do with backwards compatability. > Probably the easiest way to get Emacs working, if you're not overly > concerned about security, is to do an 'xhost +`hostname`' before you start > emacs. We have a version of emacs that was built using the X11R3 libraries. It exhibits the same symptom. xhost +`hostname` is the work-around we have used. -- Bruce G. Barnett uunet!crdgw1!barnett