Re: [docbook-apps] DISPLAY variable-error on a remote machine

[Noah Slater <nslater@gmail.com>]

You weren't trying this as root were you? That can cause problems like
you describe. Try with your normal user account.


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:33:54 +0200, Joachim Ziegler
<ziegler@mpi-sb.mpg.de> wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm using the XSLT stylesheets 1.62.4. When I'm directly logged in on my
> machine, everything works fine.
> 
> But using it as a remote machine, being logged in via ssh,
> I get the following error message:
> 
> [...]
> Writing html/ch01s03.html for sect1(sec.CompilingLinkingRunning)
> Writing html/ch01.html for chapter(cha.InstallingAndRunning)
> Writing html/ch02s01s01.html for sect2
> Writing html/ch02s01s02.html for sect2
> Writing html/ch02s01.html for sect1(sec.Strings)
> Error at xsl:value-of on line 238 of
> file:/KM/usr/ziegler/DocBook/docbook-xsl-1.62.4/html/graphics.xsl:
>    Exception in extension function java.lang.InternalError: Can't
> connect to X11 window server using ':0.0' as the value of the DISPLAY
> variable.
> Transformation failed: Run-time errors were reported
> 
> What have the stylsheets to do with the X11 server, and how can I use
> them from a remote connection?
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Greetings,
> Joachim
>