Hi -            

I've been doing something similiar.   The trick is use the DISPLAY env.
variable.  

So have your 'su' execute a script that does, e.g:

export DISPLAY=:0.0
(fullpath to)/licq

hope this helps.

j.

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       Jeff Hittman
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Laurent Descamps wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> After the ppp link is established, I'd like to launch
> various X11 applications from the ip-up script.
> But a  :
> 
> su  -$PPPLOGNAME  -c "licq" (for instance)
> 
> doesn't work (can't open DISPLAY)
> 
> Is there an elegant way  to get this working ?
> (I use XISP to manage my various ppp connections, and
> don't have direct acces to ipparam)
> 
> Thanks for suggestions
> 
> Laurent
> 
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