Any time you log in as a user different than the one who owns the X session you have to set the variable DISPLAY. so next time you su to root simply: export DISPLAY=:0 or whatever you run your X on.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok cool! One more thing though; is the APT GUI going to be X based? > Normally when i'm installing stuff, I su to root in an Xterm and use apt or > dpkg. But if the APT GUI will be X based, and I do that, won't the X-serve > reject the connection? > > thanks, > Timothy > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 02-May-98 > Time: 13:39:39 > > This message was sent by XFMail. > Powered by GNU/Linux 2.0. > ---------------------------------- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ----------------------------------------------- How can you see, when your mind is not open? How can you think, when your eyes are closed? - Jason Bonham Band, "Ordinary Black and White" ----------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
