It sounds like you have your security cranked up too high...

Either lower it or try to su, then "host +"

-JMS

|-----Original Message-----
|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jon Doe
|Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:54 PM
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: [newbie] Can't run any GUI from root shell?
|
|
|What would cause this? If I open a terminal window, su to root 
|and type say 
|kpackage, I get this error:
|
|Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
|Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
|kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0.0
|
|Happens with nmapfe and any GUI program.
|
|I can't even run Mandrake Control Center as su to upgrade.
|
|


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