On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 09:35:06AM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > On Monday 19 August 2002 23:40, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:29:44PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > > > This should have a simple answer: there are times when I want processes > > > owned by other users to spawn windows in my current X session. What > > > settings do I enable / change to avoid the dreaded "Xlib: connection to > > > ":0.0" refused by server" and "Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect > > > to Server" messages from appearing? > > > > > > :Peter > > > > xhost +localhost > > > > man xhost > > Perhaps just a little more info, please. :) Running as a normal user, I typed > 'xhost +localhost' and then switched to a root console and tried opening up > 'kmenuedit' but could not connect. The man file was not terribly helpful, > although it made me realize that I don't have /etc/X*.hosts files. Restarting > the server likewise had no beneficial effect. Have you set the DISPLAY environment to ":0" or put "-display :0" on the command line of the application you wish to start? florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020820/c5955ce5/attachment.pgp