[Freeciv] Re: civclient error

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 09:53:32PM -0500, David Lewis wrote:
> Installed freeciv on RH6.2.  Ran the server, tried to
> run the client and this is the error I get:
> 
> "Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server"
> 
> And, yes, I do have X running.  I ran the "civclient"
> from a term window.

Can you start xterm from the same term window?

> What am I doing wrong?

My guess is that the term window shell is owned by a different user than
the one who started X.  <ASIDE MODE="pedantic>My guess is also that the
one who started X is 'root'.  This is a bad idea.</ASIDE>

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Reinier