Think this should be fixed in the packages?

-AT

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Edgar Kalkowski
<em...@edgar-kalkowski.de> wrote:
> 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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