From: Phil Susi <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:06:48 -0400 > On 10/7/2015 12:26 AM, Peter Easthope wrote: > > As peter in a terminal window in LXDE, I started xeyes. > > > > As root in a terminal window in LXDE, I attempted to start > > ^^^^ This is a difference that I am saying is the problem. Try to > start xeyes *as root*, just as you did for gparted.
Oops, sorry. Yes, the problem is not just with gparted. peter@joule:~$ su Password: root@joule:/home/peter# xeyes No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0.0 In wheezy, the sux package was required. According to packages.debian.org there is no sux for jessie. How should root acquire the "credentials" necessary for X to work? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202 or +13606390202 or 12506293757. Bcc: peter at easthope.ca http://easthope.ca/Shop.html
