Re: Question about "Can't open display: localhost:0.0" RHEL5

Yes, I tried xhost +hostname. It didn't help. Now I solved this problem. But I cannot understand it :( My installation now hangs on 33% :(

On 8/20/07, edwin devadanam <edwin_kodamala_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Did u try this xhost +hostname(or) ip_of_server ?
>
> -Edwin.K
>
> *Yongping Yao <yaoyongping_at_gmail.com>* wrote:
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> I'm trying to install Oracle 11g on RHEL5. But after I add user oracle,
> it cannot log in XWindow. I can log in as root.
> I tried "xhost +" or "xhost +si:localuser:oracle", but it seems like:
>
> [root_at_ern pam.d]# xhost +
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> [root_at_ern pam.d]# xhost
> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
> INET:ern
> SI:localuser:root
> [root_at_ern pam.d]# su - oracle
> [oracle_at_ern ~]$ xclock
> Error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0
> [oracle_at_ern ~]$
>
> And after restarting the machine, it didn't work either.
> I stopped SELinux through GUI tools. Can anyone help me out?
> Thanks in advance.
>
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