Re: X problem

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

Willi Dyck <wdyck@gmx.net> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:17:18PM -0500, 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:
> [snip]
>
> Your X server is refusing any connection from clients as long as
> authentication is enabled. Disable by 'xhost +'. Or as root, copy over
> the .Xauthority file from the users home directory. Cookies are stored
> in that file, without which, access to the X server is not allowed.
> Don't forget to set the DISPLAY varible 'export DISPLAY=:0.0'.
> For more info, read the Remote-X-Apps-HOWTO at linuxdocs.org.

The best solution I've seen for this "problem," and the one I use, is
after you su:

        xauth merge ~user/.Xauthority ;export DISPLAY=:0

replace "user" with whatever your login ID is.

Gary