Ahh ive seen this before. Before doing an su run this
xhost +localhost
then su and run all the programs to your hearts content.
Jeff
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 18:04, A2L1 wrote:
> I am having a problem and I dont know where to start looking as far as fixing
> it. Here goes
> as root (logged in as root not su) I can open and run any gui but as user I
> can run most progs but there are some that will not open. If I console and su
> then enter the prog name it still wont open---but in the root window it
> will-- as user doing su I get the following
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>
> Now I am at a loss as to what to reset or adjust. I realise it is something
> that I have done inadvertely but cant seem to figure out what. I believe that
> when I was doing an apt-get dist-upgrade it may have called for a
> configuration that I overlooked or misunderstood and the settings were
> changed. I say that because once upon a time everything was working fine. I
> just dont know what to look for. When I looked in the x11 and x config files.
> When I looked in /etc/X11/xserver there was a file -- security policy but all
> it addressed was sitepolicyA and B and C but nothing as to what A B or C
> policy was/were.
> /etc/X11/Xresources doesnt address anything concerning permissions that I
> could find. I just dont know what was altered or where it is. I would
> appreciate any help.
> Installed is Libranet but the dist-upgrade has altered it to KDE3.0.5a and
> changed the basic Libranet settings but because it is still Debian ( sid ) I
> would assume the the settings would remain, they havent and it was an
> oversight on my part.]
> I dont really understand this but I did try chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> and that hasnt helped. Ive been reading google for most of the day and now Im
> more confused then when I started.
> Any suggestioins/help??
>
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