[Bug 428118] New: no X display as root
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428118 Summary: no X display as root Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Beta 1 Platform: i686 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME AssignedTo: bnc-team-gnome@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: fmfischer@gmx.net QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Beta-Customer Open a GNOME terminal, enter "su" and the correct passwd. Now you are root and when entering: gedit /etc/hosts you get the following response: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key (gedit:4150): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 There is also no ssh workaround: mifi@oldsure:~> ssh -X -lroot localhost Password: Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. Last login: Sat Sep 20 16:30:04 2008 from localhost Have a lot of fun... oldsure:~ # gedit /etc/hosts Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key (gedit:4374): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0 oldsure:~ # -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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xauth -v list Using authority file /home/dominique/.Xauthority messiah/unix:10 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 3d949ab34b4ca11c866127e342ce1d28
I'll post another comment just later, when changed back to gdm with how the output looks there. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428118 User willem@neteyes.nl added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428118#c26 --- Comment #26 from Willem Meens2008-10-28 15:02:10 MDT --- Hi Hans, Thanks for the quick reply. I elevate with root's whole environment, so yes' su - '. Output as requested: willem@OSU111b:~> rpm -q --changelog libgnomesu | > head -20 * Fri Oct 03 2008 vuntz@novell.com - Run intltoolize so that the translations get installed. It seems the new intltool broke this. * Wed Oct 03 2007 maw@suse.de - Split out a libgnomesu0 shared library package. * Fri Sep 28 2007 maw@suse.de - Add libgnomesu-1.0.so-polish as a source file and copy it to the po/ directory (#302300). * Tue Aug 07 2007 maw@suse.de - Use %fdupes - Split off a -lang subpackage - s#%run_ldconfig#/sbin/ldconfig/ in %post and %postun. * Wed Mar 21 2007 jhargadon@suse.de - added a patch to fix the library path for 64 bit packages. * Tue Jan 02 2007 sbrabec@suse.cz rpm -q --changelog gdm | head -2 * Thu Oct 16 2008 hpj@novell.com - Update gdm-domain-logon.patch, removing some dead code and a -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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