Hi, you can try this: - before you do su, do "xhost +localhost" - then just su. -- Verdi March -- On Monday 08 April 2002 03:54 am, you wrote:
Well, after I updated to the newest fileutils, 2.4.16 kernel build and install the kernel srcs to go with them. sux no longer works. Wanna take a stab at why? ;)
* Anders Dahlqvist (dahlqvist@sundsvall.mail.telia.com) [020407 12:50]: ::Don't su in X, sux instead. ::Example: ::cd /usr/src/linux ::sux - ::password: ::make xconfig :: ::Or use sudo (requires some elementary vi skills, unless you set your EDITOR ::variable to something else, but why should you -vi rocks!) ::1. As root run the command visudo ::2. Enter something like this, replacing Anders with your login name: :: Anders ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL ::( Now you can run commands as root -even in X - without logging in as root if ::you precede your commands with sudo.) ::3. cd /usr/src/linux && sudo make xconfig :: ::BTW menuconfig is IMHO far more user-friendly. :: :: ::l�rdagen den 6 april 2002 23.12 skrev PR: ::>> Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" ::>> message I get when running make xconfig,how is this solved? ::>> piet :: ::-- ::Murphy's Discovery: :: Do you know Presidents talk to the country the way men talk to ::women? They say, "Trust me, go all the way with me, and everything ::will be all right." And what happens? Nine months later, you're in ::trouble! :: :: ::-- ::To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ::For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com
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