Yast - x app

2013-12-19 Thread Mark Pace
During installation I get these really nice X app to do installation. After the first boot I still have the X apps. But as soon as I log off I can't seem to get the X Yast back again. /sbin/yast /sbin/YaST2 /sbin/YaST all start the ncurses version. How can I get the X Yast so I can show some

Re: Yast - x app

2013-12-19 Thread Richard Troth
If you're able to run 'xclock' then you have an X server on the workstation end, so that's good. YaST runs as root, and it's often tricky to convey X authority from non-root. (This is assuming that you 'su' or 'sudo' which I truly hope you're doing.) If you connect as root, then SSH, and you

Re: Yast - x app

2013-12-19 Thread Mark Pace
I always use sudo - first thing I do when setting up a new server is set ssh PermitRootLogin no Copying the .Xauthority to root allowed me to su and then run yast2. Using sudo /sbin/yast2 still brought up the ncurses. Thank you, Rick, that is a step forward. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 4:56