Re: [SLE] red-carpet question

From: Jeff Pohlmeyer (yetanothergeek_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/01/05

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    > After adding localhost to the access crontrol list
    > ... greeted with this error message:
    > Error importing gtk: could not open display

    "xhost +localhost" stopped working for me after
    upgrading SuSE from 8.0 to 9.2

    I guess this is some difference between xfree and xorg,
    or maybe it's the "-nolisten tcp" option in startx.

    For whatever reason, the syntax has changed:
    Now it is "xhost +local:localhost"

     - Jeff

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