On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:46:35AM +1000, James Sinnamon wrote: > > > > Martin, > > Thank you for your suggestion ... > > > > Hi, > > > > By default the Xserver doesn't listen to the tcp port (for security > > reasons) and I'll guess thats the reason for your problem. I've added the > > following few lines to the /root/.bashrc file: > > > > if [ ! "$LOGNAME" = "root" ] ; then > > export XAUTHORITY=/home/$LOGNAME/.Xauthority > > fi > > > > This works for me. > > > > ... but it didn't work for me. > > Please forgive my ignorance, but I don't really understand what this will > achieve. > If I execute 'su -', then $LOGNAME in the child bash shell will be 'root', the > expression '[ ! "$LOGNAME = "root ]' will evaluate to false, and so nothing > will > > happen, as far as I can see. So I don't see what difference it makes in my > situation.
I guess, something like the following should work: su - root -c "export XAUTHORITY=/home/$LOGNAME/.Xauthority; exec /bin/bash -i" The difference is that LOGNAME gets expanded before you are root. Put this in a script or create an appropriate alias... e.g.: #!/bin/bash exec /bin/su - root -c "export XAUTHORITY=/home/$LOGNAME/.Xauthority; exec /bin/bash -i" (the syntax for setting XAUTHORITY depends on the login shell flavour, of course, i.e. whether to use "export..." or "setenv...", etc.) Cheers, Erdmut > > > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, James Sinnamon wrote: > > > > > Dear Debian user's, > > > > > > My apologies for a question that should have been answered over and over > > > again on this > > > list (I have searced but not been able to find an answer), or if I am > > > on the wrong list. > > > > > > When I start X Windows, using the KDE window manager, I change to root > > > (with su - ) > > > for administrative tasks. However I seem unable to run X window > > > applications. > > > > > > Whatever X application I try to run, I inevitably get a message similar > > > to "... unable to open display". > > > > > > Previously on other distributions of Linux, I have used, as root : > > > > > > export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 > > > > > > and, prior to that, as the normal user that started the X window > > > session: > > > > > > xhost localhost > > > > > > This somehow doesn;t work on Debian Linux (unstable distribution). > > > > > > Would anybody be able to tell me why, and how to go about diagnosing the > > > problem, > > > or better still, what to do about it. > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > James > > > > > > -- > > > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > > > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669 > PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350 > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh Hagellocher Weg 73 phone: +49 (0)7071-9457-255 D-72070 Tuebingen email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
