On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:12:19PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote: >I'm trying to install OpenOffice, and the script always dies "unabble to >access the X server" - any clues? > >I've done "xhost +localhost" and even "xhost +", but no dice.
Try ``xterm -l root -e slogin localhost'' or ``ssh -f -l root xterm''. This should give you root access with the proper X capabilities. You may have to edit the ssh_config and sshd_config files to turn X11 forwarding on. I find it far easier to run X clients with ssh than dealing with the $DISPLAY variable and xhosts, not to mention more secure (as if X without ssh were at all secure :-). Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches.'' Will Rogers _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
