[NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware and Ximian Gnome

[Patrick Parks]

I ran the command as a user. it is definately weird, and I am no closer
to fixing it than when I started :) fun fun

On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 13:30, MadHat wrote:

> This is what concerns me.
> 
> here is where it is dieing in the script
> "if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]
> then
>     bail_display
> fi
> 
> xhost &> /dev/null
> if [ $? -ne 0 ]
> then
>     bail_display
> fi"
> 
> The first one just checks to make sure thet $DISPLAY has anything (-z
> means if the string is zero length).
> you said $DISPLAY is set to :0.0 right?
> 
> The second one is where I think it is dieing.  This is running the
> command 'xhost &> /dev/null' and checking for a non-zero exit status,
> indicating an error.  when you ran xhost, was it as root or as your
> user?
> 
> -- 
> MadHat at Unspecific.com
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>  Anyone who understands Windows, really understands Windows."
>           - Richard Thieme, DefCon 10, 2002 
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