Re: X problem

[Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>]

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On Tuesday 03 December 2002 6:17 pm, Bruce Park wrote:
> Hello Debian users,
>
> I was wondering how I can fix this problem regarding the root user and X.
> Normally, I log into the machine as a regular user then use the su command
> to become root. Whenever I need to utilize X(xmms, emacs), I get an error
> stating the following:

before doing the su command type "xhost localhost" 

also I "think" (not sure) you need to edit /etc/X11/Xservers (or the one in 
/etc/kde3/kdm if usinging kdm) to take off the -nolisten tcp option off the 
line that is starting the server on display :0.

- -- 
Alan Chandler
alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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