Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: > I am confused however, since I'm reasonably sure I haven't tinkered > with my Xauthority files - ie they are the debian default - and yet > synaptic has no problem running from su. > > -Joel > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/westk> su - > Password: > westk03:~# synaptic > > (synaptic:11555): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
However, as Ron Johnson points out, "su -c synaptic" does work. Thanks, Ron! Didn't know that trick. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]