Using KDE - the xhost +local:root command worked. Didn't work if I tried to use a root console but when I did it in a user console and then su'd root I was given some error information which allowed me to get things going.
Thank you all. bob On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 02:47:40PM -0800, David Witbrodt wrote: > > > Hi, From the root console: > > # /usr/bin/xcdroast > > > > The reply: > > > > (xcdroast:18770): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open > > display: > > > > If I start from a user console I get the window that > > says you must first start as root to set up. > > > > If I set the suid bit on xcdroast it tries to start > > from a user but dies. > > > > Any help or ideas appreciated. > > > > Debian unstable - kernel version = 2.6.17.8 > > I wonder what desktop environment you are using? > Gnome, KDE, XFCE4, something else? > > Anyway, I found that I could run GUI programs as > root when using Gnome, but when I installed XFCE4 I > could not. After reading various docs, I discovered a > fix: > > xhost +local:root > > I'm not promising that will work for you, but it's > worth a shot. > > HTH YMMV, > Dave Witbrodt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
