> I've installed SuSE Linux Professional 7.3 on my IBM Thinkpad T20 and
> had to re-install it 3 times as things get majorly corrupted (mostly
> from unrecoverable crashes caused by the star office installer or star
> office itself). The system crashed when I was installing Netscape6 as
> su and now I cannot run anything under su:
> Password:
> slagathor:/home/mike # emacs /etc/fstab
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> emacs: Cannot connect to X server :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.
Hi-
The IBM ThinkPad T20 uses a S3 Savage chipset which will react quite badly
with the StarOffice installer. What happens on my T21 is that the
installer locks the entire display down. This is mentioned in the
STarOffice readme as an issue with S3 virge cards but the S3 device driver
developer also mentions it on his website. Here is an excerpt from the
STarOffice readme regarding these chipsets:
--cut from StarOffice 5.2 readme----------------
Problems with X-Server Installation
-----------------------------------------------------------
If you experience difficulties when using an Xfree S3Virge driver
noticeable by
the "freezing" of the X server, set the environment variable
SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INV
ERT50 to ?true? by using the following syntax:
For users of a Bourne Shell (e.g. bash):
export SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true
For users of a C Shell:
setenv SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50 true
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
If the above named environment variable is used, different window elements
may be shown in a
n inverted way. As the "freezing" of the X server can also happen with
every other program w
hen using an Xfree S3Virge driver, we recommend, therefore, that the
appropriate SVGA driver
be used at all times. This means that the setting of the environment
variable is no longer
a must.
---------end of readme-----------------
I have the same problem on a T21, BTW and with this environmental variable
set, StarOffice installs and runs quite well. Here is what the S3 device
driver developer has to say at http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html:
StarOffice hangs on installation.
This is probably my #1 Most Frequently Asked Question... There is a known
conflict between StarOffice 5.2 (and, presumably, OpenOffice as well) and
the Savage driver up to 1.1.19. There
is a note in the StarOffice README about hangs when using a ViRGE chip,
along with a suggested workaround, and the workaround also applies to the
Savage. The workaround is to set an
environment variable "SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50" to "true" before launching
StarOffice. The trickiest part is making sure StarOffice really sees the
variable. If you use xdm/kdm, you
must use one of the global rc files, like /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, or
/etc/rc.d/rc.local. NOTE, however, that this problem should no longer occur
as of version 1.1.20t.
Hope this helps!
--
Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda
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