Re: [Fwd: Re: [newbie] unable to ping to/from my windoze box]

[Paul]

Hi Merlin,

I am not 100% certain on the syntax, but I had this happen once too.
If you log into X as a user and change to root, this effect can 
sometimes happen. To prevent that, you can run

xhost +

from the commandline before starting X (from runlevel 3, not sure where 
to put it when you use runlevel 5). That allows anyone to connect to the 
X server. In which lies a vulnerability, because that also can give 
outside folks access to your X server. But that is what has helped me 
run graphical utilities in X as root.

man xhost tells:
NAME
      xhost - server access control program for X
SYNOPSIS
      xhost [[+-]name ...]
DESCRIPTION
      The xhost program is used to add and delete host names or user 
names to
      the list allowed to make connections to the X server.

First, I am running KDE as a desktop - I thought kedit was the KDE
editor? 

Yes.

And gedit is the Gnome one?

Yes

Do I have to be running Gnome for
gedit to work?
No, you only need the gnome libraries installed.

Good luck,
Paul
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