* Graham Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-18-07 16:09]: > I'm having a problem using sudo to run a program. One my main > computer I have no problems running the program using sudo but on my > laptop I can't. > > I get "cannot connect to X server" error when I try to run the > program on my laptop. If I use kdesu I have no problem but I don't > want to use it as it means I have to enter the root password each > time I run the command. > > Both computers are running opensuse 10.2 using KDE 3.5.5 > > I can't see any difference in the configuration of either computer > regarding the Xserver. > > Has any one else had this problem and knows how to resolve it?
for sudo, compare the entries in /etc/sudoers and /etc/pam.d/sudo for both computers. know that su has X privileges since 10.0, iirc. You can use su instead of sudo. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
