[ale] X application as root

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Sun May 4 21:33:50 EDT 2003


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:
> 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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