Hi! I think this remaining issue is because root is not normally allowed to connect to the X server. After issuing an „xhost +local:“ (the colon is essential) all connections from localhost should be allowed and thus it should work.
Ed On Samstag, 09. Mai 2009, 10:09:37 David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote: > Listmates, > <snip> > > REMAINING ISSUES WITH ARCH GLX: > > When issuing glxinfo from a konsole cli as $USER everything works fine. > However, if you are su to root $UID then glxinfo fails: > > [23:07 alchemy:/home/david] # glxinfo > No protocol specified > Error: unable to open display :0.0 > > Dunno if this is a bug or feature, but I thought I would pass it along. > I'll > file a bug report on the default config issue, fixing it will save a lot of > folks a lot of heartache and newbies from thinking Linux doesn't work. > >
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