Problem is solved. My thanks to all who offered suggestions.
Perhaps the below may be useful to someone, sometime.
Several things went wrong - first the ugly.
xhost +localhost examines the /etc/hosts file to make sure
the host (localhost in this case) is valid.
I had copied over the most recen
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 06:32:53AM -0500, Larry Alkoff wrote:
> Here is what I would expect to work: (I think it _used_ to work)
> As user:
> xhost +localhost
> su
> synaptic Now get error Synaptic: could not open display
>
> Here is what works:
> As user:
> xhost
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 18:09:13 -0400, Gregory Seidman wrote:
>Larry Alkoff sez:
>} On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:31:12 -0700, Earl F Hampton wrote:
>[...]
>} >Try xhost +local:localhost
>}
>} Ohh, that works!
>} Thank you.
>[...]
>} However after su I must still
>} export DISPLAY=:0
>}
>} Then I can load
Larry Alkoff sez:
} On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:31:12 -0700, Earl F Hampton wrote:
[...]
} >Try xhost +local:localhost
}
} Ohh, that works!
} Thank you.
[...]
} However after su I must still
} export DISPLAY=:0
}
} Then I can load synaptic.
}
} I'd like to not be required to type the
} export DISPLA
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:31:12 -0700, Earl F Hampton wrote:
>On Saturday 26 October 2002 10:25 am, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
>> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> > Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
>> > but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
>> > and there is a much gr
On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:31:12 -0700, Earl F Hampton wrote:
>On Saturday 26 October 2002 10:25 am, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
>> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> > Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
>> > but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
>> > and there is a much gr
On 26 Oct 2002 19:25:19 +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
>On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
>> but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
>> and there is a much greater volume of expertise here.
>>
>> I'm trying to use xhost +localhost
On Saturday 26 October 2002 10:25 am, Haim Ashkenazi wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote:
> > Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
> > but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
> > and there is a much greater volume of expertise here.
> >
> > I'm trying to use xhost
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 13:32, Larry Alkoff wrote:
> Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
> but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
> and there is a much greater volume of expertise here.
>
> I'm trying to use xhost +localhost in Libranet 2.7
Try 'xhost + localhost' (and not +localhost
Forgive me for posting a Libranet question here
but Libranet is a very close Debian clone
and there is a much greater volume of expertise here.
I'm trying to use xhost +localhost in Libranet 2.7
to load programs as root in X-windows - eg Synaptic.
I _believe_ xhost +localhost _used_ to work but
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