Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (108 mails)

["Andrew Nix" <andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Adam said:
>  --- Andrew Nix <andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thomas Adam said:
>> >  --- Andrew Nix <andrew.nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Andrew RAY said:
>> >
>> >> What failed? This was the whole piont of the thread. When I tried
>> to run the OOo install from command line as su with borrowed uid I
>> get the error:
>> >>
>> >> ./setup: cannot connect to X server
>> >>
>> >> But Andrew and Thomas have both failed to try and help work out a
>> solution. Instead they basicly argue over who knows more about
>> linux and who knows how to do something unrealted to the problem.
>> Could we please get back to the question at hand? Now that I have
>> OOo install, whenever I
>> >> try and run I get this error:
>> >
>> > *cough* && export rant=1
>> >
>> > Andrew, I am suprised at you! I have helped you out on more than one
>> occassion, often describing your problem in greater detail than you
>> anticipated. Don't come here all high and mighty thinking that
>> people
>> on
>> > this list owe you -- WE DON'T. All we do is try and offer help where
>> necessary.
>>
>> I know you've help me and i appreciate that. I didnt mean to say you
>> owe me.  Sorry if it sounded like that.
>
> Hmm. If you are struggling with Linux, read: "Running Linux", published
> by O'reilly. It's obvious that you should.

Ill try that.

>> > Andrew Ray and myself discussed your problem, came to four very
>> different and effective solutions, and then went on to discuss some
>> of the more interesting features of them. Had you have READ our
>> replies, you'd have realised that.
>>
>> I did read your replies. Your solutions may have been different not
>> none were really effective. I had to log out and log back in as root.
>> As it turned out all I had to do was type sux instead of su. Which
>> meant I didnt
>> to log out in the first place. All your answers were long winded, and
>> ineffective. How was it that you failed to mention that sux would do
>> what
>> I needed it to?
>
> This comes down to a contextual issue. All I and Andrew did was take
> your question AS you had described it. In that case, I knew that there
> were 4 alternatives and actually the "su - -c'export DISPLAY=:0.0 &&
> this_command'" suggestion is all that "xsu" is doing.

so why give me the long winded version when a concise one would do?

> Your lack of information in that instance is all too apparant.

That may be so, but isnt this what this list is here for?

> Furtermore, might I make a suggestion to people to have a look through
> the
> suse-uk-schools archives -- I've been seeing a lot of repetitive
> questions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Adam
>
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> Thomas Adam
>
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