On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote: > Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here > but Libranet is a very close Debian clone > and there is a much greater volume of expertise here. > > I'm trying to use xhost +localhost in Libranet 2.7 Try 'xhost + localhost' (and not +localhost).
> to load programs as root in X-windows - eg Synaptic. > > I _believe_ xhost +localhost _used_ to work but now it does not. > > The only thing that works is > xhost + > which opens up the computer to anyone. > > An example of a program I want to start is synaptic > which requires to be run as root. > > Here is what I would expect to work: (I think it _used_ to work) > As user: > xhost +localhost > su > synaptic Now get error Synaptic: could not open display > > Here is what works: > As user: > xhost + Opening up to the world > su > export DISPLAY=:0 I didn't use to do this - did I? > synaptic > > Am I doing something wrong or did I break something? > > As a workaround I've installed sudo, added a group wheel and added myself to that >group. > Now I can simply type > sudo synaptic > and it works fine without the need to use xhost. > > However I wish someone could give me a hint how to fix xhost. > > > Larry Alkoff > > > > > Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Haim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
