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Subject: Re: [kde] Konsole unable to start xapps as root in Archlinux
From: Ryo Furue <furue () hawaii ! edu>
Date: 2007-10-18 22:59:33
Message-ID: 20071018.125933.254204145.furue () hawaii ! edu
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Hi,
| On Thursday 18 October 2007 20:06, Kevin Krammer wrote:
| > On Thursday 18 October 2007, Nigel Henry wrote:
[. . .]
| > % xhost +local:root
[. . .]
| Bingo! Thanks Kevin, that works like magic.
|
Another method is, as root
# xauth merge ~username/.Xauthority
# DISPLAY=:0
# export DISPLAY
where "username" is the name of the ordinary user
that you were, before "su"-ing.
On a multi-user host, xhost allows other users to use
your screen, so xauth method is a bit better.
Ryo
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