Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-06 Thread Ron Stodden
Frederic Lepied wrote: > What type of installation hve you done ? I have just tried a small install and > this work justs fine. This should be handled by the pam_xauth module which must > be present in /etc/pam.d/su. english (UK) - US international keyboard - medium_security - hd optimisations -

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Frederic Lepied
Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Today's 7.2 beta has the following show-stopper problem: > > Log in as a user. > > Open a terminal window > > su to root > > kedit /etc/modules.conf > > You CANNOT! X refuses to let user root use display :0. > > All previous Mandrakes permitted su

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Ron Stodden
Vox wrote: > "xhost +localhost" as the user that runs X, then "export > DISPLAY=:0" as root in the terminal where you su'ed will get you going. > (that second part is what was missing in the original answer) Yes, that works. But the oddest thing is that having done that once suing to r

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Bryan Paxton
On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Yo, > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 02:45:55PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: > > Bryan Paxton wrote: > > > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the > > > problem). xhost +127.0.0.1 > > > Solves your problem > > > > > > I suggest putting this in your

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Geoffrey Lee
Yo, On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 02:45:55PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: > Bryan Paxton wrote: > > > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). > > xhost +127.0.0.1 > > Solves your problem > > > > I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc > > You can optionally put this i

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Vox
During the bombing raid of Fri, 06 Oct 2000 14:45:55 +1100, somebody heard Ron Stodden mumble in fear: > Bryan Paxton wrote: > > > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). > > xhost +127.0.0.1 > > Solves your problem > > > > I suggest putting this in your

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Bryan Paxton
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Bryan Paxton wrote: > > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). > > xhost +127.0.0.1 > > Solves your problem > > > > I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc > > You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Bryan Paxton
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Bryan Paxton wrote: > > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). > > xhost +127.0.0.1 > > Solves your problem > > > > I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc > > You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Ron Stodden
Bryan Paxton wrote: > Not a bug at all, this is user error(you failed to research the problem). > xhost +127.0.0.1 > Solves your problem > > I suggest putting this in your ~/.xinitrc > You can optionally put this in the global Xsession file(in /etc/X11) What an awful way to respond! Do you not

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Leon Brooks
Ron Stodden wrote: > Log in as a user. > Open a terminal window Type: xhost localhost > su to root > kedit /etc/modules.conf > You CANNOT! X refuses to let user root use display :0. Add the above command, and you can. There are neater (but more complicated) solutions to allow only root and th

Re: [Cooker] 7.2 beta show stopper

2000-10-05 Thread Bryan Paxton
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: > Today's 7.2 beta has the following show-stopper problem: > > Log in as a user. > > Open a terminal window > > su to root > > kedit /etc/modules.conf > > You CANNOT! X refuses to let user root use display :0. > > All previous Mandrakes permitted su root f