Pedro Timoteo wrote:
>
> Chris Smallhorne wrote:
>
> > I have recently upgraded to v6.1. Since that time, I am no longer able
> > to run anything when I su from a terminal. For example, if I try to run
> > control-panel, i get the following:
> >
> > "Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> >
>
> That is supposed to happen. The X session is "yours", not root's, therefore
> when you "su" you don't have the DISPLAY environment variable set. A simple
> "export DISPLAY=0:0" solves it, though.
Next question - where and when do I do this? Do I ave to do it every
time, or is it a setting I can put into a config file?
Thanks,
Chris.
