Pieter Donche wrote:
> FreeBSD 7, KDE 3.5
> To install Matlab (in linux compat mode), one must execute the
> matlab install program as root. The installer is graphical.
> When from a KDE terminal window, I switch to root (# su -)
> and try a graphical program, e.g. # xpdf, I get Can't open displa
Pieter Donche wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2009, Mike Clarke wrote:
On Friday 15 May 2009, Pieter Donche wrote:
I see from your original post that you're using KDE so you could try a
third way:
Use to open the run dialog.
Enter xpdf or whatever in the "Command area.
Click on "Options", select "Run as
On Fri, 15 May 2009, Mike Clarke wrote:
On Friday 15 May 2009, Pieter Donche wrote:
I see from your original post that you're using KDE so you could try a
third way:
Use to open the run dialog.
Enter xpdf or whatever in the "Command area.
Click on "Options", select "Run as a different user and
On Friday 15 May 2009, Pieter Donche wrote:
> No luck (yet)
I see from your original post that you're using KDE so you could try a
third way:
Use to open the run dialog.
Enter xpdf or whatever in the "Command area.
Click on "Options", select "Run as a different user and fill in the
username a
On Fri, 15 May 2009 10:38:34 +0200 (CEST), Pieter Donche
wrote:
> No luck (yet)
> I tried both methods, (with xpdf as a graphical program)
> The first still gives
> # xpdf
> Can't open display
>
> The second method
> # xpdf
> No protocol specified
> Error: Can't open display: :0.0
>
> (after
No luck (yet)
I tried both methods, (with xpdf as a graphical program)
The first still gives
# xpdf
Can't open display
The second method
# xpdf
No protocol specified
Error: Can't open display: :0.0
(after su -, $HOME was indeed /root)
(in /root .Xauthority was changed/created, $DISPLAY is :0.
Pieter Donche wrote:
FreeBSD 7, KDE 3.5
To install Matlab (in linux compat mode), one must execute the
matlab install program as root. The installer is graphical.
When from a KDE terminal window, I switch to root (# su -)
and try a graphical program, e.g. # xpdf, I get Can't open display.
The Fr
FreeBSD 7, KDE 3.5
To install Matlab (in linux compat mode), one must execute the
matlab install program as root. The installer is graphical.
When from a KDE terminal window, I switch to root (# su -)
and try a graphical program, e.g. # xpdf, I get Can't open display.
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