-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 03 December 2002 6:17 pm, Bruce Park wrote: > Hello Debian users, > > I was wondering how I can fix this problem regarding the root user and X. > Normally, I log into the machine as a regular user then use the su command > to become root. Whenever I need to utilize X(xmms, emacs), I get an error > stating the following:
before doing the su command type "xhost localhost" also I "think" (not sure) you need to edit /etc/X11/Xservers (or the one in /etc/kde3/kdm if usinging kdm) to take off the -nolisten tcp option off the line that is starting the server on display :0. - -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE97P0nuFHxcV2FFoIRAoEaAKCX8150LU2MHswkSKu/Q/XZM51HRwCfcHHF W7nRtoZ323Le7njy9AvJMRY= =TPAe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]