Re: how can other users use X?
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 22:25, John van Spaandonk wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 July 2004 18:06, James Vahn wrote:
> > rich wrote:
> > > I start my X session as one user, then from a terminal where I've
> > > su'ed to another (not root), I want to be able to use gvim, but
> > > it tells me it's not allowed to use the X server.
> > >
> > > How can I get this working?
> >
> > Try issuing this command: export DISPLAY=:0
> > It is probably unset and gvim has no idea where X is.
>
> Mmm,
>
> root@Marius:~# xhost +root
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xhost: unable to open display ":0"
> root@Marius:~#
>
> Suggestions?
As the user who started the X session (NOT root!), issue the command:
$ xhost +local:
Then you *might* possibly, if the application/shell doesn't know about
it, tell root what your X display is, with (for bash)
# export DISPLAY=":0.0"
(assuming a local X server)
Cheers
-A
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