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Hallo,

I use Kubuntu 64Bit and have intalled Celestia with apt-get install from the universe-repository.
But I get the following error:

root@merkur:/home/krieger # celestia
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kded: cannot connect to X server :0.0
kded: ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Registering failed!
kded: ERROR: Communication problem with kded, it probably crashed.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kdeinit: Can't connect to the X Server.
kdeinit: Might not terminate at end of session.
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

celestia: cannot connect to X server :0.0
celestia: ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Registering failed!
celestia: ERROR: Communication problem with celestia, it probably crashed.


Hmmh, anything with zhe X_Server, but what ???
Any ideas???

mike

mikewarer wrote:root@merkur:/home/krieger # celestia
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

kded: cannot connect to X server :0.0

You should start celestia (or any other application using X) as the user who is logged on. Applications have to provide the correct authorization information when connecting to the X-Server - this information is stored in the file .Xauthority in your home directory. If you've switched to the root user after logging in, the invalid or nonexistent .Xauthority file in root's home dir is used, and the connection is refused. You can read more about this using "man xauth" etc.

But maybe it's a problem caused by using a 64Bit OS

Harald

Hallo,

well I think so, too. It's a problem with 64Bit OS. I have checked out any other possibilitys.
Hmmh, and now the question of the questions .
Will there be a 64Bit version of celestia in the future or is it possible to compile this by myselfe??

mike

or is it possible to compile this by myselfe??

celestia is GPL'ed, so the source is available and you can try to compile it yourself. I believe that most unix users do this (like me) because the pre-releases
have no pre-compiled binary.
BUT: I'm afraid that the automake/configure system may give you some trouble on your system, especially if you have little experience with configuring this stuff.
Anyway, if you want to give it a try and need additional info, just drop me a note.
But as Harald wrote above, it still may be a problem with your X-Server setup.

Horst.