From bf770132a94fb1faa69f3b4e84a2570a6289b1d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:12:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Fx_open_connection): Improve help when X connection fails, xhost is insecure and xauth is better. --- src/xfns.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c index caa54d97e2c..882d641e226 100644 --- a/src/xfns.c +++ b/src/xfns.c @@ -5370,8 +5370,9 @@ terminate Emacs if we can't open the connection. */) if (!NILP (must_succeed)) fatal ("Cannot connect to X server %s.\n\ Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.\n\ -Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit\n\ -connections from your machine.\n", +Also use the `xauth' program to verify that you have the proper +authoritization information needed to connect the X server.\n\ +An insecure way to solve the problem may be to use `xhost'.\n", SDATA (display)); else error ("Cannot connect to X server %s", SDATA (display)); -- 2.39.5