You need to set your DISPLAY=host:0.0 env var. You may also have to use xhost to allow permisions to open the display.
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > Dear Debian user's, > > My apologies for a question that should have been answered over and over > again on this > list (I have searced but not been able to find an answer), or if I am > on the wrong list. > > When I start X Windows, using the KDE window manager, I change to root > (with su - ) > for administrative tasks. However I seem unable to run X window > applications. > > Whatever X application I try to run, I inevitably get a message similar > to "... unable to open display". > > Previously on other distributions of Linux, I have used, as root : > > export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 > > and, prior to that, as the normal user that started the X window > session: > > xhost localhost > > This somehow doesn;t work on Debian Linux (unstable distribution). > > Would anybody be able to tell me why, and how to go about diagnosing the > problem, > or better still, what to do about it. > > TIA, > > James > > -- > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
