There's advice in his text about that too. You have to authorize your
displays in /etc/X11, and you have to export the DISPLAY variable. I do
this, it works.
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Thanks Janina, if things get to the point where I really can't resolv this, I'll try the suggestion. Although, I would prefer to not have X run everytime I boot.
> Greg
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 04:04:03PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Gregory:
> >
> > I am sorry that I haven't been reading this thread, so I don't know if
> > what I'm going to tell you has been covered already. But, if it has, just
> > delete this and smack me later with a wet noodle! <grin>
> >
> > Some years ago I asked for similar advice on blinux. Dave Mielke wrote me
> > a nice note on this issue, and his advice was something I've kept all
> > these years in a file. I know share it with you in hopes it will help.
> >
> > Drum roll, ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
> > Here's Dave!
> >
> > >From dave at mielke.cc Wed Nov 8 20:45:28 2000
> >
> > [quoted lines by Janina Sajka on February 2, 2000, at 12:18]
> >
> > >My problem is that I need to launch X in order to launch VMware -- so
> > >there's the no speech problem here. How can I get around this? Can I maybe
> > >cause X to launch and then start VMware -- say as Console F7 -- by putting
> > >some kind of statement in my .bashrc?
> >
> > The best way, in my opinion, is to have X running all the time. If you're using
> > a RedHat-like system, then all you need to do is change the default system run
> > level from 3 to 5. Find the "initdefault" line in "/etc/inittab", change the
> > number, and reboot ("init q", in this case, doesn't work very well). The line
> > you're looking for, looks like this:
> >
> > id:5:initdefault:
> >
> > When you start X, it always assumes that it should take over the console. It
> > does this by claiming the first free virtual console, and then switching to it.
> > After you boot, therefore, your system will automatically switch to the virtual
> > console in which X is running near the end of system initialization. You can
> > easily get back to a text console by pressing ctl-alt-F1. Just alt-F1 won't
> > work, as X takes over that ability, so you need to add the control key to the
> > sequence. This console takeover by X, by the way, would also happen if you were
> > to start it from the command line; you'd still need to ctl-alt-Fn your way back
> > to your text console session.
> >
> > With X running, you need to do something else in order to allow yourself to
> > start X applications when not logged in via X. You need to authorize those
> > "foreign" applications to use the X display. To do this, edit the file
> > "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0", and add the following line at the bottom:
> >
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +localhost
> >
> > This change allows any X application started on your own machine to use your
> > machine's own X display. It takes effect whenever the X server is restarted.
> > You can do this either by rebooting or by switching to the virtual console that
> > X is using and then pressing ctl-alt-backspace.
> >
> > With this done, set your "DISPLAY" environment variable to ":0" so that the X
> > applications will know how to contact the correct X server. If you're using
> > bash, then do:
> >
> > export DISPLAY=:0
> >
> > If you think that there'll never be any need for someone to look at what's on
> > the X display, then there's a simpler way to do it. Ignore anything said above,
> > and just do the following two things. First, add an invisible X display to your
> > system by adding the following line to the bottom of "/etc/inittab":
> >
> > xv:2345:respawn:/usr/bin/X11/Xvfb :2 -ac -screen 2 800x600x32 -fn 7x14
> >
> > Either rebooting or executing "init q" will cause this change to take effect.
> > Then, direct your X applications to this server by setting "DISPLAY" to ":2".
> > If you're using bash, then do:
> >
> > export DISPLAY=:2
> >
> > I, personally, do both. I then point DISPLAY at :0 for applications which have
> > important output, e.g. NetScape, and to :2 for applications with unimportant
> > output, e.g. RealPlay. I prefer using the invisible display whenever possible
> > because it's less problematic. Sometimes the visible X display gets into
> > trouble, and I then require sighted assistance in order to recover it.
> >
> > --
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