Re: su problems with xdm

1999-06-06 Thread Frank Barknecht
Jason Willoughby hat gesagt: // Jason Willoughby wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > > > [root%letdown /home/alisdair] # xmcd > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > Yeah

Re: su problems with xdm

1999-06-06 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 12:29:58AM +, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > I've got problems running X apps as root with xdm. See /usr/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ. -- G. Branden Robinson | Measure with micrometer, Debian GNU/Linux | mark with chalk, [EMAIL

Re: su problems with xdm

1999-06-06 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 07:58:36PM -0400, Jason Willoughby wrote: > > Yeah, xdm is more paranoid than startx. You can disable access controls > by running, as alisdair, "xhost +". Check the man page for more info. great, thanks! -- alisdair mcdiarmid [i won't tear again i won't breathe in the

Re: su problems with xdm

1999-06-06 Thread Jason Willoughby
On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: > [root%letdown /home/alisdair] # xmcd > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 Yeah, xdm is more paranoid than startx. You can disable access controls by r

su problems with xdm

1999-06-05 Thread Alisdair McDiarmid
I've got problems running X apps as root with xdm. If I log in as alisdair (my main user) and su root in a terminal window, any attempt to run an X application fails: [root%letdown /home/alisdair] # xmcd Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Ser

Re: problems with xdm.

1998-08-21 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
Paulo wrote, > Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do > was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that, > booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logged as a user, logout, and then > logged as root (to install something). Afte

Re: problems with xdm.

1998-08-20 Thread Robert Ramiega
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 12:18:54PM -0300, Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote: > > Hello, > > Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do > was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that, > booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logg

problems with xdm.

1998-08-20 Thread Paulo J. da Silva e Silva
Hello, Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that, booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logged as a user, logout, and then logged as root (to install something). After logging out