[newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root

1999-09-26 Thread ottffss
I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's my problem: When I log in as myself and them bring up a console window and su

Re: [newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root

1999-09-26 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, ottffss wrote: I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's my problem: When I log in as myself

Re: [newbie] can't lauch X apps when su'ed as root

1999-09-26 Thread ottffss
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, ottffss wrote: I am running Linux Mandrake 6.1 on a home built PC. I just upgraded from linux-mandrake 6.0 (where I did NOT have the problem I am about to describe.) I boot to run level 5 (I edited /etc/innitab to do this). Here's