Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 07:55:07 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: 'Joe Guetler' <joe@axiomadvertising.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: OT: Xwindows Error While Using KDE 2.1-- SOLVED Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239259FA2@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023907DBCE@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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Thank you! That worked. Drew > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Guetler [mailto:joe@axiomadvertising.com] > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:29 PM > To: Drew Tomlinson > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: OT: Xwindows Error While Using KDE 2.1 > > > it's an Xwindows security issue. Try typing xhost > +localhost on the > command line as a normal user before you su. > > Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > > I installed KDE 2.1.1 on my 4.3-STABLE machine. I'm logged on via a > > regular account and open a terminal window. If I enter a > command while > > su'ed to root that would open up a window, I get the > following error: > > > > milkmaker# nmapfe > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0 > > > > However if I issue the same command not su'ed, then it > works fine. I have > > experienced this with other commands as well such as > konqueror. Does > > anybody have any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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