[ale] X application as root

[David Corbin]

Christopher Fowler wrote:

>[cfowler at cfowler cms]$ echo $DISPLAY
>:0.0
>[cfowler at cfowler cms]$ sudo echo $DISPLAY
>:0.0
>[cfowler at cfowler cms]$ 
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>Interesting.  Why are you getting an IP address in your display?
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I have an IP address in my DISPLAY, because it's a different machine (my 
laptop) than the machine that the processes are running on (my desktop).

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>On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 07:55, David Corbin wrote:
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>>Not to the local display.  Mozilla and xterm both says "Xlib: connection 
>>to "192.168.26.97:0.0" refused by server
>>Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server".
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>>Christopher Fowler wrote:
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>>>Do you get a message that states the application failed to connect
>>>to the local display?
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 09:29:34PM -0400, David Corbin wrote:
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>>>>I have an X display running on my laptop.  KDM and login directly in to 
>>>>my desktop system.  Works great.  I run lots of apps.  However, when I 
>>>>su to root, suddenly NO applications work.  DISPLAY is still set the 
>>>>same.  Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>David
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