Re: [gentoo-user] Programs executed as root cannot connect to X server

[Rumen Yotov]

Hareesh Nagarajan wrote:

>Hi All:
>
>How do I enable programs which are executed by the root to connect to
>the X server?
>
>E.g.:
>root: hareesh/ # xemacs
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>Xlib: No protocol specified
>
>X server not responding
>: ":0.0"
>
>Thanks,
>
>Hareesh
>
>  
>
Hi,
Just set it (or export it): DISPLAY=":0.0" command-here.
HTH
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