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.