Jacques Le Marois wrote:
> > o If I start X (KDE) as a normal user, open a terminal, 'su' to root, and
> > try to run any programs (eg linuxconf or xcdroast) they will not run. From
> > memory, linuxconf prints a 'broken pipe' message, and xcdroast complains
> > about not being to open 'display :0'. Even if I set DISPLAY, the programs
> > still won't run. If I type 'xhost +' xlib prints some error messages ... If
> > I start X as root, there are no problems.
>
> Did you do xhost + in a user term ?
Doh! Thanks for that :)
If I 'xhost localhost' in a user terminal, then the programs from the root
terminal can write to my (user) X-session.
Can anyone tell me which file I need to create so that I don't need to type
this each time (the manual pages aren't clear)?
Steven
