--- "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lukas Latz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:32 AM > > To: deFreese, Barry; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Newbee-ish X and root question > > > > > > Barry, > > > > su -m surely does it. So what property that's carried over is it > that > > makes the difference? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Lukas > > > > The main one is the DISPLAY=:0.0 environment variable. BTW, it > doesn't > bother me but some here tend to get upset when you top-post a reply.
Oops, sorry for that, I never knew.. The DISPLAY env seems to have some hidden aspects that I'll have to read up on. When I do su (without -m) and then set DISPLAY=0:0 by hand, it doesn't cut it. Thanks, Lukas __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
