User cannot start Xapps as root from terminal

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: User cannot start Xapps as root from terminal
From: Johan Ehnberg <johan@ehnberg.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:14:15 +0300
Message-id: <[🔎] 3D595A87.9050604@ehnberg.net>

Hi!
I wonder if anyone knows a solution to my problem:

I have to run a program (openoffice install) as root under Xterm (loggedin as normal user). After doing 'su -' in the terminal all X programsresult in an error:


cannot connect to X server

Any help appreciated!

Cheers, Johan

--
Johan Ehnberg
johan@ehnberg.net
"Windows? No... I don't think so."

Reply to:

Follow-Ups:
- Re: User cannot start Xapps as root from terminal
  - From: Larry Smith <doccpu@yahoo.com>
- Re: User cannot start Xapps as root from terminal
  - From: Alexander Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info>

Prev by Date: Re: Unreal Tournament question
Next by Date: Re: Problems write access on vfat partition
Previous by thread: RE: Unreal Tournament question
Next by thread: Re: User cannot start Xapps as root from terminal
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread