Re: initng

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Marcin Dêbicki <neo777n@poczta.onet.pl> writes:

> I've just installed initng and I have reported something I think strange. I
> can chroot (as usual using dchroot) but after:
> xhost +localhost
> and dchroot -d "firefox" I can see:
>
> (firefox-bin:6923): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> dchroot: Child exited non-zero.
> dchroot: Operation failed.
>
> with /sbin/init there is no such problem. Had anyone issued it with initng?
> -- 
> Registered Linux User 369908
> alterfenix@jabberpl.org

You don't have DISPLAY set in your chroot. You should also better bind
mount your home or copy the .Xauthority file instead of using
xhost. xhost +localhost gives every user and program on your system
full access to your X display including any passwords you type in.

MfG
        Goswin