Lo, on , January 1, Forrest English did write: [reformatted for 80 columns]
> i know i can export it just like i would any other time, but i also set > X11Forwarding yes, which i belive should forward it automaticaly, and > here's what i recive when i try and run > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] forrest]$ xterm > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: This is a little unclear. Is truffula the ssh server or client? Also, where did you set X11Forwarding to yes---server or client? (I think it needs to be in both places.) > (this is from my other box, which is a mandrake machine). it seems to be > the same thing that happens when i try and run an application localy as > root while using x as user. so, i guess i'm wondering how i'd fix that > too. are there some permisions that need to be set correctly, so that i > can run applications as a user other than the user that is currently > using x? Yes, but that's not what's giving you this error message. To fix the local/root problem: su DISPLAY=:0.0 export DISPLAY xauth merge ~forrest/.Xauthority xterm where forrest is the name of the user who started X, either via startx or through an [xkg]dm login. You'll need to reset DISPLAY each time root logs in, and you'll need to remerge the xauthority crud each time you restart the X server. Richard