-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 06 June 2002 13:26, Rick Green wrote:
Are you getting an 'unable to open display: Permission denied' sort of message?
if so, run 'sux -' instead of 'su'. It'll give you root permission, and give root permission to access the X server, which is running as your user.
Rick Green
Thanks for replying. No, I get that when I try to run something from a root console. When logged in as a user KMenu|System|FileManagerSuperuserMode, I get the login dialog, enter info, OK, but Konq never comes up. There is no apparent way to backtrace, as there don't seem to be logs for K. hydra@hydra:~> sux root Password: hydra:/home/hydra # cd /opt/kde3/bin hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # ./konqueror DCOPServer up and running. mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding /tmp/mcop-hydra is not owned by user zone still contained 2 blocks hydra:/opt/kde3/bin # WTF? I'm trying to run an investment business here. - -- ... The Anarchists' [national] anthem is an international anthem that consists of 365 raspberries blown in very quick succession to the tune of "Camptown Races". Nobody has to stand up for it, nobody has to listen to it, and, even better, nobody has to play it. -- Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjz/so4ACgkQnQ18+PFcZJtUrQCeKhr2+szqhUY31UgmtTdVXeDG +NwAniOhFCgmv+RD0BlMc6FNL3oqgzus =LF2B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----