Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here but Libranet is a very close Debian clone and there is a much greater volume of expertise here.
I'm trying to use xhost +localhost in Libranet 2.7 to load programs as root in X-windows - eg Synaptic. I _believe_ xhost +localhost _used_ to work but now it does not. The only thing that works is xhost + which opens up the computer to anyone. An example of a program I want to start is synaptic which requires to be run as root. Here is what I would expect to work: (I think it _used_ to work) As user: xhost +localhost su synaptic Now get error Synaptic: could not open display Here is what works: As user: xhost + Opening up to the world su export DISPLAY=:0 I didn't use to do this - did I? synaptic Am I doing something wrong or did I break something? As a workaround I've installed sudo, added a group wheel and added myself to that group. Now I can simply type sudo synaptic and it works fine without the need to use xhost. However I wish someone could give me a hint how to fix xhost. Larry Alkoff Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
