"Ethan Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Im new to debian so Im not familiar with all the display settings. When I > used mandrake, there were certain programs that needed to be run as root - > like linuxconf/mtv/xcdroast etc....all I needed to do was su and run them. > Now in debian when I try such a move, i get a "cant set display" not > authorized ........ > > do I need to export DISPLAY localhost? Im not sure of the syntax...am I on > the right track? Yes and no. What yuo need to do is temporarily permit x-connections from your localhost if you want to start an x program with a different user than the current session (in this case root) Simply execute 'xhost +localhost' before doing a su. HTH -- Ragga
