Hi,

emacs was working perfectly. Suddenly when I typed "emacs" the following massage appeared:

Connection lost to X server `localhost:11.0'


Thanks

Emacs is working.

There is something odd about your X windows setup. Try run some other X windows program like xterm and you will see what I mean.

Have you used..
* ssh?
* su?
* virtual console?
* vnc

If so that may be your problem.

It seems your display variable is not set correctly. All locahost machines have it set to :0.0 by default. Yours is set to localhost:11.0. This is incorrect.

In a shell type; ( you do not need to be root )

echo $DISPLAY

This will show you what your display is currently set at.

You want to change it to :0.0, to do this type; ( you do not need to be root )

DISPLAY=:0.0

Now type emacs again in the shell and it should work.

In retrospect you can display all variables by typing;

env

Do not change any unless you know exactly what you are doing.

Hi,

I did exactly what you said but i have the following massage:
emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
connections from your machine.

Thanks

Hi,

I Opened Exceed for SSH (passive) before starting the emacs. it works.
but it was worrking before with out this step. can any body tell me why nwo i need to do this step?

Thanks