Patrick, On Wednesday 01 December 2004 12:01, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Randall R Schulz
[12-01-04 14:58]: On Wednesday 01 December 2004 11:43, BandiPat wrote:
To get to the Gnome control center in KDE, open a shell and run: gnome-control-center
"Open" a shell? Doesn't everybody keep at least one shell running at all times?
Anyway:
% gnome-control-center Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: XDM authorization key matches an existing client!
(nautilus:31938): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
Randall, you know better.
Do I? There's nothing in that message that suggests root privilege is required, is there?
Appears that 'gnome-control-center' wants root permissions. Try: ssh root@wahoo -X 2>/dev/null in a shell, then try opening 'gnome-control-center'
I tried this: % sux -c /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-control-center but the control center I got was largely blank. Furthermore, it occurred to me that I'd probably be editing root's Gnome preferences. Next, I used xhost to add local permissions: % xhost +local: ... and now running gnome-control-center from the shell prompt works OK and I'm seeing what looks like a normal and completely populated set of preference categories or modules. Now, here's where it gets odd. I poked around various preference categories displayed in the Gnome control center. When I activated the "Theme" category / module, suddenly all the ugly went away. The fonts resized and crude control appearances reset to the nicer ones I'm accustomed to. Lucky me, I guess.
-- Patrick Shanahan
Thanks for the help, Lee and Patrick. Randall Schulz