RE: [SLUG] running xrpm as root

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@intergate.cx)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 09:33:23 EDT


Type xhost +localhost before you su

Andrew

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Carson Wilcox <carson_wilcox@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: slug@nks.net
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 05:28:05 -0700 (PDT)

>I'm trying to run xrpm and am having a problem I hope
>someone can help me with.
>When I su to root and run xrpm I get the following
>errors:
>Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
>Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>Traceback (innermost last):
> File "/usr/lib/xrpm/xrpm.py", line 679, in ?
> root = Tk(className='xrpm')
> File "/usr/lib/python1.5/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line
>844, in __init__
> self.tk = _tkinter.create(screenName, baseName,
>className)
>TclError: couldn't connect to display ":0.0"
>
>If I log out and log back in as root all is ok.
>
>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>
>Thanks,
>Carson
>
>
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