You're describing a X11 Access Control problem - probably off topic for lxc-users.
xhost + is the crudest way to open your X Server for basically anyone. With all security related things you better understand what you are doing - thats why I don't give you a couple of commands here ;-) Try googling for 'X11 access control' in order to understand how that works. Tom Am Sonntag, den 10.08.2014, 11:18 +0530 schrieb Veer Singh: > Just for information , I am now able to run google-chrome also. Now > only thing left is to understand what the heck xhost does :D . > > > Thanks. > > > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Veer Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > When I execute "xhost +" in host (arch linux) , I am now able > to successfully to run firefox in container and can use its > gui window on host . I think error that I was getting might > have to do with some permissions on who can use display . I > wonder how to set this permission and what exactly to set when > launching firefox from host. > > > Thanks > > > > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Veer Singh > <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > > > Hello , > > > I am running a unprivileged container (as shown here : > > https://www.stgraber.org/2014/02/09/lxc-1-0-gui-in-containers/ ) in host > Arch Linux (amd64) and template is precise-gui (amd64 version) downloaded as > given in above link. > > > I am able to run this unprivileged container as normal > user , but I am unable to run any gui from it . When I > try to run firefox from the container I get following > error : > > lxc-attach --clear-env -n precise-gui -- sudo -u > ubuntu -i DISPLAY=$DISPLAY firefox > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > No protocol specified > Error: cannot open display: :0 > > > I am able to do all cmd line stuff in container but > not gui. > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users_______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users _______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users
