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05-20-2004, 05:44 AM	#1
alex.e.c LQ Newbie Registered: Aug 2003 Location: London, Engerland Distribution: Debian (kernel 2.6.0) Posts: 14 Rep:	Unable to connect to X from xterm After a recent apt-get upgrade (aka apt-get break) I can no longer get xterm to connect to X11. I've got DISPLAY set correctly and I've tried to use xhost to allow connections, but it just timesouts. I can run programs from gnome/ice menus, but I can't start anything from the console. Any idea if I've configured something wrong?

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