-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: >>>> Joe Smith wrote: >>>>> "Wesley J. Landaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>>>> >>>>> [snip] >> When I tried to install it as root (using "su -" from an xterm >> window), it complained about not being able to find DISPLAY. >> Unlike Sun Java & Macromedia Flash, it uses a GUI installer. >> >> Since many (most?) desktop users install apps from within su or >> sudo'ed xterm windows, how will you work around that? >> > If you don't use -, DISPLAY should be preserved. Ditto for sudo.
$ su -m Can dpkg emulate that? > Benjamin > > (Postscript: I almost replied to your sig, but decided i wasn't > going to go there.) Off-list replies always welcome. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEli8jS9HxQb37XmcRAmamAJ4pPciAOJ7WYk81IIl3eXbvNpPNZwCeJhjL W0pIBtbLPjVTw1jHpBP3hck= =Kkhq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
