On Tuesday 27 July 2004 22:25, John van Spaandonk wrote: > On Tuesday 27 July 2004 18:06, James Vahn wrote: > > rich wrote: > > > I start my X session as one user, then from a terminal where I've > > > su'ed to another (not root), I want to be able to use gvim, but > > > it tells me it's not allowed to use the X server. > > > > > > How can I get this working? > > > > Try issuing this command: export DISPLAY=:0 > > It is probably unset and gvim has no idea where X is. > > Mmm, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# xhost +root > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > xhost: unable to open display ":0" > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > Suggestions?
As the user who started the X session (NOT root!), issue the command: $ xhost +local: Then you *might* possibly, if the application/shell doesn't know about it, tell root what your X display is, with (for bash) # export DISPLAY=":0.0" (assuming a local X server) Cheers -A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
