as the user that is running X try: xhost +localhost
then run your program as root. should work, shouldnt have to export the display either, although its good practice i guess. nate On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Debian Ghost wrote: debian >Hey Guys, debian >I would like to be able to use ethereal without having debian >to start X from root. I've never really understood what debian >tells the xserver who can display, but if anyone could tell debian >me what I am doing wrong, much appriciated! debian > debian >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 debian >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> ethereal debian >Xlib: connection to "localhost:0.0" refused by server debian >Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server debian > debian >Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:0.0 debian > debian >Thank you kindly! debian > debian >D. Ghost debian > debian > debian > debian >-- debian >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null debian > ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11:46am up 20 days, 19:41, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
