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issues running ET in Arch .72 + KDE 3.5.2

post #1 of 6
Thread Starter 
This is quite odd. I used to have ARCH installed prior with XFCE as well as Gnome and both variations ran ET just fine, but now i installed KDE just for kicks and well, here go the kicks. ET fails to run as a non-root user.

Code:
[munky@myhost ~]$ /usr/local/bin/et
ET 2.60 linux-i386 Mar 10 2005
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/home/munky/.etwolf/etmain
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak2.pk3 (22 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak1.pk3 (10 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/pak0.pk3 (3725 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain/mp_bin.pk3 (6 files)
/usr/local/games/enemy-territory/etmain

----------------------
3763 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec language.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok

------- Input Initialization -------
Joystick is not active.
------------------------------------
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.2
XF86DGA Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized
XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 800x600
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 24 depth, 0 stencil display.
ERROR: couldn't create font (glGenLists)
GL_RENDERER: (null)
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Sys_Error: Q_strncpyz: NULL src


as long as we are on kde-specific topics here, whats the deal with when i try to start some apps (lets say Kate) from terminal as root (works fine for regular user) i get:
Code:
[root@myhost munky]# kate
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kate: cannot connect to X server :0.0



ideas on either one of the issues?
post #2 of 6
Thread Starter 
ok, i fixed the ET issue, it was all a mater of reconfiguring my xorg.conf slightly. still clueless about problem #2 though
post #3 of 6
Yep problem number 2 is common. However it is strange that it seems to be finding the correct display number, but at any rate try this...

Blah@blah# DISPLAY=:0 kate

The real answer is just dont run it as root

Seablade
post #4 of 6
Thread Starter 
Code:
[root@myhost munky]# DISPLAY=:0 kate
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
kate: cannot connect to X server :0
[root@myhost munky]#

nope. no love.

the reason why i ask this is because say i need to edit a config file and i dont wanna do it in nano, well, best way to do it is to whip out kate as root. also this happens for some other programs as non-root.
post #5 of 6
Hmm yep but now you are getting something a bit new....

>Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key

I dont recognize that, off a guess I would guess that would involve a magic cookie for remote connections, which I dont have on my machines, and would want to know more about at least But at any rate I might start by following up on that.

PS Emacs is your friend

Seablade
post #6 of 6
Thread Starter 
ehh, dont think it maters. i am not liking arch + kde setup. overall i ahve mixed feelings about arch. my favorite desktop on arch is prolly gnome. xfce is not bad but needs extra manual tweaking after the install. kde is just a mess. e17 is very nice, but the community build of entrance is broken.

bottom line, i won't be keeping arch + kde setup for long. in fact as soon as i have free time (weekend most likely since this is finals week) i'll install something else (gentoo or ubuntu or arch+gnome).
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