Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Graybosch
Klaus D. Neumann wrote: How can I fix this? By default, only the user who started the X session can open X apps in that section. If you're not concerned about security, you can disable all access control by issuing an xhost + command. Or, if you're on a network, try using xhost +local to let

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Klaus D. Neumann
On Thursday 05 June 2003 07:47 pm, Matthew Graybosch wrote: Klaus D. Neumann wrote: How can I fix this? By default, only the user who started the X session can open X apps in that section. If you're not concerned about security, you can disable all access control by issuing an xhost +

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Graybosch
Klaus D. Neumann wrote: Must be something missing on my system: bash-2.05b# xhost +local bash: xhost: command not found bash-2.05b# xhost + bash: xhost: command not found Are you running this as root or with your mortal account? I'm using Libranet, so YMMV, but my system claims that xhost lives

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Klaus D. Neumann
On Thursday 05 June 2003 07:56 pm, Matthew Graybosch wrote: Klaus D. Neumann wrote: Must be something missing on my system: bash-2.05b# xhost +local bash: xhost: command not found bash-2.05b# xhost + bash: xhost: command not found Are you running this as root or with your mortal

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Graybosch
Klaus D. Neumann wrote: What is the correct way to add /usr/X11R6/bin/ Root *should* have a .bash_profile file in /root. root's $PATH should be set there; just read it to get familiar with it, and then add an EXPORT PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin line to the file. Either that, or you could just

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread David Friggens
just tried to start krusader as su: I would say that your easiest option is to use kdesu: $ kdesu krusader David -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Klaus D. Neumann
On Thursday 05 June 2003 08:16 pm, Matthew Graybosch wrote: Klaus D. Neumann wrote: What is the correct way to add /usr/X11R6/bin/ Root *should* have a .bash_profile file in /root. root's $PATH should be set there; just read it to get familiar with it, and then add an EXPORT

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Klaus D. Neumann
On Thursday 05 June 2003 08:18 pm, David Friggens wrote: just tried to start krusader as su: I would say that your easiest option is to use kdesu: $ kdesu krusader Yeah! That works! Thanks! -- Best regards, Klaus -- Gentoo Linux = the better choice!

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Chris Black
On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 20:28:08 -0700 Klaus D. Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bash-2.05b# /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +local Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost: unable to open display :0.0 Oups? You run xhost as the user that can open

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Klaus D. Neumann
On Thursday 05 June 2003 08:18 pm, David Friggens wrote: just tried to start krusader as su: I would say that your easiest option is to use kdesu: $ kdesu krusader It's still complaining about something I don't understand : [EMAIL PROTECTED] klaus $ kdesu krusader [3] 20704 [2] Done

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Matthew Graybosch
Klaus D. Neumann wrote: bash-2.05b# /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost +local Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified /usr/X11R6/bin/xhost: unable to open display :0.0 Oups? /me scratches head. Try taking off the local; I might have misread the man page. Sorry. -- Matthew

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Joel Brauer
thats because it should be xhost +localhost not xhost +local -- Joel Brauer La Sierra University Programmer/Analyst 909-785-2308 -- this email is certified virus free! How? Because it didn't -- come from any Micro$oft based platform or product. GPG Public Key:

Re: [gentoo-user] starting programs as su?

2003-06-05 Thread Joel Brauer
that's an OpenGL extention for getting 3d working with your graphics hardware... if your using 4.3 and have a card that's supported you can emerge xfree-drm and that should fix the error -- Joel Brauer La Sierra University Programmer/Analyst 909-785-2308 -- this email is certified