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Re: Netscape: Can't open display



> I'm running X; however, I'm running it as root. When I try running 
> Netscape in an xterm window, it tells me I can't run Netscape as root. So 
> I try logging in as a normal user and I get the "can't open display" 
> message. If I try "netscape &" like you suggest above, I get a message 
> like "[1] 563".

Try this...Shutdown X, logout as root, logon as a user, type startx. In X, now try netscape&. This should work... I think, you logged on as 
a user when X is still running as root(Ctrl + shift + f2!!!).

Regards,
Vaidhy


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