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Re: Unable to detect Xserver

dummy@example.com (Nick) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:20:16 +0000

Actually you have to start the installer inside X11, so run startx (or start an old Xfce installation, Gnome, Kde whatever) and then run the instaler inside a terminal emulator.

Re: Unable to detect Xserver

dummy@example.com (yongyi) — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:28:04 +0000

Do you install X11?

Unable to detect Xserver

dummy@example.com (The Godfather) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:42:50 +0000

Hello,

I am trying to install XFCE4-4.4.0 on to my Fedora Core 3 system. I don't have KDE, Gnome, etc, all I have is the terminal. I do not have an internet connection. I have downloaded xfce4-4.4.0-installer.run and typed:./xsfce4-4.4.0-installer.run, which resulted with the following:

Unable to connect to the Xserver. This installer requires
X11 to work, please correct the problem and try again.

So I looked on xfce.org and tried:

xhost +localhost

which resulted with the following:

unable to open display ""

How could I correct this problem?

Any help would be most apreciated,
The Godfather