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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xfns.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/xfns.c b/src/xfns.c index abc64d6944d..8ddd363d358 100644 --- a/src/xfns.c +++ b/src/xfns.c @@ -4591,7 +4591,7 @@ x_display_info_for_name (name) (char *) XSTRING (Vx_resource_name)->data); if (dpyinfo == 0) - error ("X server %s not responding", XSTRING (name)->data); + error ("Cannot connect to X server %s", XSTRING (name)->data); x_in_use = 1; XSETFASTINT (Vwindow_system_version, 11); @@ -4634,11 +4634,13 @@ terminate Emacs if we can't open the connection.") if (dpyinfo == 0) { if (!NILP (must_succeed)) - fatal ("X server %s not responding.\n\ -Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use \"-d\"\n", + 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", XSTRING (display)->data); else - error ("X server %s not responding", XSTRING (display)->data); + error ("Cannot connect to X server %s", XSTRING (display)->data); } x_in_use = 1; |