on a the user screen just type: ghost:~$ xhost +localhost on the root window just type: ghost:~# export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
then run the binary file ! jaume. > Thanks for the reply! > Oh, so this is already a binary eh? Neat. > > When I run it as root, it looks like it is trying to start it up on the > xserver which is run under another user account and I get: > > ghost:~# ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin /net & > [1] 13647 > ghost:~# glibc version: 2.1.3 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin: cannot connect to X server :0.0