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Re: Synaptic & can't run in console with "su" or "xhost local:roo t"



* deFreese, Barry (Barry.deFreese@nike.com) [030213 11:07]:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Haralambos Geortgilakis [mailto:haralambos@ihug.co.nz]
> >Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:30 AM
> >To: Debian User Listie
> >Subject: Synaptic & can't run in console with "su" or "xhost local:root"
> >
> >Hi Yall,
> >
> >having finally, after many months of trying, finally gotten my Radeon 
> >going with the ATI drivers, Synaptic is now not happy!
> >
> >Here is a cut & past of what is up-it used to work!
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> ><snip>
> >Hellene:/home/haralambos# synaptic
> >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> >
> >Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
> >Hellene:/home/haralambos# xhost local:root
> >Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> >Xlib: No protocol specified
> >
> >xhost: unable to open display ":0"
> >Hellene:/home/haralambos#
> ><snip>
> >
> 
> One thing you can try is when you su, do an su -p to preserve your
> environment.  Other than that, good luck, I could never get X apps to start
> when I su'd either??

Use sudo or 'ssh -X root@localhost'.  Forget about xhost.  Really.
Remove it from your vocabulary.  Really.

good times,
Vineet
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