Re: XFree86 4.2 bug in Debian Testing
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Joseph Pingenot wrote:
> >From Norbert Preining on Friday, 08 November, 2002:
> >I think that vim-gtk tries to open a window, recognizes that this
> >doesn't work (authorization) and starts normal text mode vi.
>
> Probably the easiest way to do this is, instead of using su/sudo, run
> ssh -X localhost. It'll tunnel your X apps back over the tunnel. Not
> as efficient, but it'll solve permissions problems. Or, you
> can have root snag your user .Xauthority file to steal the user cookies.
> Then you can just set display:0.0.
>
Another possibility is:
su -c vim-gtk
you can also use xhost +username for allowing users to connect to our
Xserver. But this does not work for me on Debian.
Ivan
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