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Re: xterm Xt error: Can't open display
"Sylvain Petreolle" <spetreolle@yahoo.fr> wrote in message 20021003163139.89448.qmail@web10105.mail.yahoo.com">news:20021003163139.89448.qmail@web10105.mail.yahoo.com...
> you were launching an xterm not being under X.
> Post your /tmp/Xwin.log on the list and read FAQ.
>
[snip]
------ Xwin.log : BEGIN ------
ddxProcessArgument () - Initializing default screens
winInitializeDefaultScreens () - w 1024 h 768
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
[---omitted---]
------ Xwin.log : END --------
Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI /tmp
$ ls -ld .X11-unix
drwxr-xr-x 2 Administ None 0 Oct 3 19:07 .X11-unix
Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI /tmp
$ chown root .X11-unix
chown: `root': invalid user
------ /etc/passwd : BEGIN ------
Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI\Administrator,S-1-5-21-602162358-839522115-547660867-500:/home/Administ
rator:/bin/bash
Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI\Guest,S-1-5-21-602162358-839522115-547660867-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
------ /etc/passwd : END --------
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