050508 Myk Taylor wrote: > Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: >> How do I enable programs which are executed by root >> to connect to the X server? > If you're logged into a X as a user and su to root in a console, > root won't have the appropriate credentials to access X (~/.Xauthority). > One way around this is to allow forwarded X connections in sshd > and run > ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED] > instead of su. the '-Y' parameter sets the DISPLAY variable > and forwards X connections to your running window manager. > any other solutions out there?
running a KDE 'root konsole', i have no problem starting Gvim . perhaps KDE takes care of the necessary authority & permissions. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
