On Thu, 02 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Well.
>
> I just got Mandrake Installed. So far nothing but grief with it. Don't know
> what its doing but I have a couple of problems.
>
> 1. Seems that it installed KDE fine. Only problem is that it somehow messed
> up the graphics for the buttons. NONE of the KDE apps have the correct pixmaps
> for their buttons.
>
Go out and UNINSTALL the "kcmclock" package, then go
reinstall the KDE libs. This, unfortunately, is a known bug
with Mandrake 6.1/6.5.
>
> 3. When I open a console in X, and I SU to root and try to run an X
> application (any one doesn't matter) it gives me an error that I an unable to
> connect with the X server permission is denied. What permissions do I have to
> change. Funny thing, this only messes up when I am ROOT not a normal user.
> ???
>
BEFORE you SU to root, type "xhost +localhost" (minus
quotes) then SU to root and start your X program. The
prohibition on displaying programs on a "foreign" X display
is there to prevent others from accessing your x session
and messing it up.
John
