Re: synaptic ???
On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 22:49, Andy Saxena wrote:
> On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 11:39:35PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
> >
> > Andy Saxena wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 08:40:27PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anybody used synaptic on debian to manage rpm's?
> > > >
> > > > It is a graphical/x app that must run as root -- and, by default, root
> > > > cannot run x apps ;<
> > >
> > > Eh? I run X apps all the time. Heck, I can even run KDE/ Gnome as root.
> > > As far as I can remember, I didn't do anything special to enable this.
> > >
> > > Care to enlighten me?
> >
> > I've seen it before; and, on this new woody, root cannot start x. I've
> > seen this on this List, too.
> >
> > I do not know where this is configured; but, as my other post asks, I'd
> > like to know how to manage this.
> >
>
> What is the error message you get when you type startx in the console?
KDM will most definately let you use XF86 as root. I think thats the
only way you can do config on KDE apps. But Im not sure.
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