Re: X problem as root

2005-06-27 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi Pavlos, thanks for your help, i've inserted the export command inside the .bashrc file. Thanks again, MC Pavlos Parissis wrote: Hello, You have to export the variable XAUTHORITY before invoke su export XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority su do not use the '-' in su command because this invoke the

Re: X problem as root

2005-06-27 Thread Pavlos Parissis
Hello, You have to export the variable XAUTHORITY before invoke su export XAUTHORITY=~/.Xauthority su do not use the '-' in su command because this invoke the shell which read the .profile files and over write you XAUTHORITY variable. You will find a sample .bash_profile under /usr/share/docs/bas

Re: X problem as root

2005-06-27 Thread Kent West
Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi everybody, > i've got a problem whenever i become root and try to open a window in > my user X session: > > for example: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ eog > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > Does anybod

X problem as root

2005-06-27 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi everybody, i've got a problem whenever i become root and try to open a window in my user X session: for example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ eog Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Does anybody can diagnose the problem? Thanks, MC