On 26 Oct 2002 19:25:19 +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: >On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote: >> 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 >Try 'xhost + localhost' (and not +localhost).
Acts exactly the same way whether there is a space between x and localhost or not. synaptic: could not open display >> 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] >-- >Haim > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
