I had a similar problem a bit ago. I seem to recall that I fixed it by making root's ~/.Xauthority file a symbolic link to "my" version of the same file.
Sounds horrid, but it works - as long as you are always su-ing from the same login name. Dave On 11-Apr-2001 Erik van der Meulen wrote: > Dear list, this should be easy, but I have not managed yet... > I run Gnome desktop as a 'regular' user. If I need to do > systemsmanagment, I > do 'su -' in a terminal to get root access. Only if I need to start > an X app > (just installed red-carper), I get an error: > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > Can anyone suggest how to avoid this? I recall something with > export > display, but do not get it to work... > > Thanks a lot. > > Erk van der Meulen > > NB I probably end up wanting to have a menu-button for this > application. Is > 'sudo' than the way to go? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Dave Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 11-Apr-2001 Time: 10:45:54 Phone: 0113 233 2059 Missing .sig (I am trying to give them up.) ----------------------------------
