on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:21:14AM -0700, Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > If I open a terminal and su, I find I'm unable to open additional > displays (e.g., > su > emacs & > ). > > If I change to a regular terminal and do xhost + then the emacs & as > root works.
Don't do that.
$ xauth merge ~<your user account>/.Xauthority
...if you run that a bunch, alias it to something handy.
emacs also runs in a non-X mode, though damned if I can remember the
arguments.
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