Re: ethereal and display

2000-10-07 Thread Kjetil Ødegaard
* Debian Ghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hey Guys, > I would like to be able to use ethereal without having > to start X from root. I've never really understood what > tells the xserver who can display, but if anyone could tell > me what I am doing wrong, much appriciated! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/et

Re: ethereal and display

2000-10-06 Thread Jonas Moberg
> Hey Guys, > I would like to be able to use ethereal without having > to start X from root. I've never really understood what > tells the xserver who can display, but if anyone could tell > me what I am doing wrong, much appriciated! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 > [EM

Re: ethereal and display

2000-10-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 withou

ethereal and display

2000-10-06 Thread Debian Ghost
Hey Guys, I would like to be able to use ethereal without having to start X from root. I've never really understood what tells the xserver who can display, but if anyone could tell me what I am doing wrong, much appriciated! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc> export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/