Xhost/Xlib error

[Steven Schweda]

The question is not about anyone's DISPLAY
variable, it's about who's logged in at the
graphics console. This would seem to be the
user who owns the "dtsession" process:

urtx# ps -ef | grep /usr/dt/bin/dtsession | grep -v grep
sms 1838 1816 0.0 22:02:42 ?? 0:00.41 /usr/dt/bin/dtsession

In this case, it's "sms". If you don't find
it, then no one's logged in there, and you're
back to a previous problem.

[sammysammy]

In my case,
ps -ef | grep /usr/dt/bin/dtsession | grep -v grep
returns nothing.

Thanks

[Steven Schweda]

> In my case,
> ps -ef | grep /usr/dt/bin/dtsession | grep -v grep
> returns nothing.

Which is what I'd expect after you killed the
X server, and before anyone has logged in
again at the console.

Look back at the part about "If no one is
logged in there, who will be looking at the
stuff you want to put onto the display?"

If someone _is_ logged in there (and that
user's name does not include the string
"grep"), and it _still_ shows nothing, then
I'm lost.

[sammysammy]

Is there any log files I can look into?

thanks

[Steven Schweda]

> Is there any log files I can look into?

For what? Are you saying that there _is_ a
user logged in at the graphics console, but
there's no dtsession process?

[sammysammy]

no, I want to see the reason of failure of starting xhost +

Thanks

[Steven Schweda]

If no one is logged in at the graphics
console, then I'd assume the the display is
controlled by the dtlogin (dtgreet) process.

I repeat, "If no one is logged in there, who
will be looking at the stuff you want to put
onto the display?" What do you want to do,
cover up the login window (or the "hp" logo)?

I don't see the point.