[XFree86] connection to ":0.0" refused by server

2004-05-20 Thread Chris Bruyere
Hi all, this is my first time sending to a mail list like this, so please forgive any "bad etiquete" that I may have. I am running gentoo on a duron 1300 with a nVidia Geforce video card. X starts fine and kde runs ok too. However, when I switch to su as a user, I can't run any X-based apps. Like

Re: [XFree86] connection to ":0.0" refused by server

2004-05-20 Thread Erwann Thoraval
On Friday 21 May 2004 04:10, Chris Bruyere wrote: > Hi all, this is my first time sending to a mail list > like this, so please forgive any "bad etiquete" that I > may have. I am running gentoo on a duron 1300 with a > nVidia Geforce video card. X starts fine and kde runs > ok too. However, when

Re: [XFree86] connection to ":0.0" refused by server

2004-05-20 Thread jmklinke
xhost +localhost; xhost +$(hostname) before you "su" Erwann Thoraval

Re: [XFree86] connection to ":0.0" refused by server

2004-05-20 Thread Mark Vojkovich
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Chris Bruyere wrote: > Also, I notice that X has a nice value of 0. I would > like to change that -19 but I haven't been able to. > Any hints? I believe only root can set priorities below zero. The startx script probably runs with root permissions so maybe you can use nice