Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:50:00 +0200 From: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opening root-windows on userX' display. Message-ID: <20010817194816.USLI23321.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> In-Reply-To: <15229.28801.77231.325740@guru.mired.org> References: <15229.28801.77231.325740@guru.mired.org>
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On Friday 17 August 2001 21:29, Mike Meyer wrote: > Make sure the environment XAUTHORITY variable is set when you're > working as root. Set it where? If I make a 'export XAUTHORITY=yes|1 ; kcontrol' from the commandprompt (tried from both root and joeuser before running 'su') and still get the error. Bjarne To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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