George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2. What does debian use to tell it what window manager is default? I >> want window maker to be default. > >pod:/etc/alternatives# ls -l x-window-manager >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Sep 7 15:09 x-window-manager >-> /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker > >Make /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager a symlink to your desired manager >as shown above.
'update-alternatives --config x-window-manager' will also let you do it. >> 3. When I pull up an xterm as a regular use and su to root I can't >> execute X programs as root, I always get a 'can't open display' error, I >> know I've seen this in the past, but I can't remember how I fixed it. > >man xauth I wouldn't bother with xauth. Just make /root/.Xauthority a symlink to the .Xauthority file in your home directory if that's the only account from which you expect to su and run X programs. Of course, with bugs like the recently discovered buffer overflow in the X libraries, you may want to be careful about running X programs as root ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
