Q> This is normal, by default an X server does not allow anybody but the
> user 
> running it to connect. You'll have to tell it to make an exception.
> 
> There are a few ways to do this. All the ones I know of involve "xhost",
> 
> "xauth", or "ssh".
> 

What works for me is editing the /etc/pam.d/su file. The last line of that
file loads pam_xauth. It is a session module. Reverse the order so that it
is put before the pam_stack module. Then you can automagically use X as
root. (It internally uses xauth)

Paul

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