Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:18:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root user, graphical programs Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905151415030.90887@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <200905151252.42959.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905150843110.83166@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> <4A0D1CC2.8000107@infracaninophile.co.uk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905151032150.85799@macos.cmi.ua.ac.be> <200905151252.42959.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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On Fri, 15 May 2009, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Friday 15 May 2009, Pieter Donche wrote: > I see from your original post that you're using KDE so you could try a > third way: > Use <ALT + F2> to open the run dialog. > Enter xpdf or whatever in the "Command area. > Click on "Options", select "Run as a different user and fill in the > username and password for root. OK, this works.. Also the other method (extract a $DISPLAY from ~/.Xauthority and nerging in /root/.Xauhtority also works now, but my DISPLAY was not :0.0 but MYPCHOSTNAME:0 (from a windows PC I was logged on to the FreeBSD machine using XMing X-windows terminal emulator)
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