RE: cannot connect to display :0.0

[Bruce Richardson <brichardson lineone net>]

On 30 Jan, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Patrick O Neil wrote:
> 
>> Ya know, I've looked and can find no .xinitrc, no .xsession.  The only file
>> close is the system-wide xinitrc.  Do I take it that I could simply add the
>> xhost +localhost to the system-wide xinitrc?
>> 
>> Thanks for the aid...
>> 
> You could, but a better idea is to copy the system wide xinitrc to
> .xinitrc in your home directory, and make the changes you want.  That way
> you have it there for any other mods you want to make.
> 

I did a write-up on doing this on a Red Hat system -
http://website.lineone.net/~brichardson/linux/X/startx.html. It says
Red Hat 5.x but 6.x hasn't made it obsolete.

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Bruce