On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:27:19 +0200, Tino Keitel wrote: > Hi, > > I try to start an X application from a script, which is not called from > X. This works with the Xfce desktop, but does not with Gnome3. > > The script sets DISPLAY=:0 and HOME to the user that owns the X > session. The application is started with user and group permissions for > the user that owns the X session. > Recent gdm doesn't write the auth cookie to $HOME/.Xauthority, for whatever reason. Instead, it requires you to set $XAUTHORITY.
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