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Old 04-27-2008, 10:53 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by m_yates View Post
As normal user, you can run:
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xhost local:root
and then root will be able to open x programs. You can edit /root/.bashrc and add the following line:
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export XAUTHORITY=/home/name/.Xauthority
Where "name" is the user account name that you use. After editing /root/.basrc, you won't have to issue the command "xhost local:root" anymore after X starts.
I bump this old thread to say THANK YOU!

This tip *finally* enabled me to open a chroot'ed application...
 
  


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