Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ???

2006-09-16 Thread Neil Isaac
On 9/16/06, Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, before I emerge -e system/world my whole system I could allow root to open the X display by typing xhost +local:root ??? . This seems to not to work any longer. When starting ethereal/wireshark I

Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ???

2006-09-16 Thread Meino Christian Cramer
From: Neil Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ??? Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:16:43 + On 9/16/06, Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, before I emerge -e system/world my whole system I could allow root to open

Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ???

2006-09-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:12:10 +0200 (CEST), Meino Christian Cramer wrote: before I emerge -e system/world my whole system I could allow root to open the X display by typing xhost +local:root ??? . This seems to not to work any longer. emerge sux Use sux

Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ???

2006-09-16 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:29:14 +0100 Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: emerge sux Use sux instead of su. or, if using sudo, do the following: append to /root/.bashrc: snip [[ -n $SUDO_USER ]] [[ -n $DISPLAY ]] export XAUTHORITY=/home/$SUDO_USER/.Xauthority snip to keep

Re: [gentoo-user] xhost +local:root ???

2006-09-16 Thread Alex Schuster
Meino writes: my whole system I could allow root to open the X display by typing xhost +local:root ??? . This seems to not to work any longer. [...] Is there any way to allow root to use the X display when a user has opened the session and su'ed to root ? On my system I can