Re: SuSE-9.1 Pro: Can't connect to X server

From: Franz Gräml (fgraeml_at_web.de)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 17:05:01 +0200

Only NoSpammers wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded to SuSE-9.1 Pro and am facing the problem launching any
> GNOME and KDE program from a shell (using tcsh shell). Everytime when I
> tried to launch any GUI program, i.e. kaffeine, I am sutmbled with the
> following messages even though the DISPLAY environment has been set
> correctly:
>
> kded: cannot connect to X server Linux:0.0
> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-1038' to 'kded'
> kded: ERROR: Communication problem with kded, it probably crashed.
> kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.
> kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.
> kaffeine: cannot connect to X server Linux:0.0
> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-1029' to 'kaffeine'
> ERROR: Communication problem with kaffeine, it probably crashed.
>
> Yesterday, I upgraded to KDE-3.2.2 and the problem still persists. Does
> anyone have any clue as to how to solve this problem?
>
>

SuSE9.1 starts the X-Server with the option "-nolisten tcp"

The clue:
In /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager set
DISPLAYMANAGER_XSERVER_TCP_PORT_6000_OPEN
to "yes"

execute SuSEConfig and restart the X-Server (CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE).