--- Andrew Nix
I always try every solution that is sent to me. There is a possiblility that they were typed wrongly as I often get confused when people send me solutions like:
ssh -X root@localhost /path/to/the/executable/you/were/trying/to/run
or:
$ su - # export DISPLAY=:0.0 # xauth merge ~n6tadam/.Xauthority
where "~n6tadam" is the user X is running as. Personally number 4) is much more secure. Never use number 1) unless you're mad.
As I have never seen the command before I dont always know where I should put the information specific to me.
I can think of several places, however the one that you want is "in an xterm". If you're wondering about the notation regarding "$" and "#" those are prompt signifiers. $ == NON-ROOT # == ROOT so what that is telling is: $ su - # export etc... means that "su -" is typed as a non-root user, which, because of the nature of the program then changes to a root prompt (echo $PS1). The "ssh -X" solution assumes that you have sshd (the ssh daemon) running on the box to which you want to connect, so you'll want to ensure that you type: /etc/init.d/sshd start (on SuSE, I believe it is that). HTH, -- Thomas Adam ===== Thomas Adam "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- www.linuxgazette.com ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk