--- Paulo Góes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Scott. Thanks for your help but the situation seems to be the same. > Bellow is the fvwm command's output after applying your suggestion > > [FVWM][main]: can't open display :0
Scott's instructions were accurate only in part. But then, you're not exactly giving us enough information to work with either. The error message that I have quoted above means that either you have X already running (and you're trying to run fvwm *NOT* as the user that invoked X11) or you have some other issue (such as incorrect settings on /tmp). So, let's assume the former case. If you *do* have X11 running, and you are trying to launch X11 applications from another user, then do: export DISPLAY=:0 xauth merge ~user/.Xauthority whereby "~user" is the name of the user that already has X11 running. Of course, that user won't be root because you wouldn't be a foolish as that; I hope. :) As for the /tmp settings, ensure they are: chmod 777 /tmp -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
