I am trying to run gdmsetup and getting "can't find display" type errors.
Here is what happened when I try to run it from an xterm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sux Password: zebedee robert # gdmsetup (gdmsetup:6618): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. Could not access GDM configuration file. zebedee robert # exit exit [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo gdmsetup Password: (gdmsetup:6828): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I then tried, as a test, to open a root xterm using sux and I got the following error: sux Password: zebedee robert # xterm Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed However the root xterm opened up anyway. It failed when I tried to sudo an xterm: sudo xterm Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s xterm: DISPLAY is not set However DISPLAY +is+ set. When I "echo $DISPLAY", "sudo echo $DISPLAY" or sux and then "echo $DISPLAY" I get the same answer-- :0.0 This has got me quite confused. I used not to get these messages when I ran X clients as root. Anyone know what is going on here? Thanks in advance Robert -- Robert Persson Conspiracy Bears: Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
