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Old 10-03-2009, 06:36 AM   #1
Srikanth VM
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Cannot connect to Xserver

I am not able to start any apps from terminal it always says cannot connect to x server
This happens if i am root in terminal in a user GUI login
i saw some previous post where its mentioned to change Xauthority file ,but its not a regular file its a hex file i think , how to modify it ???
 
Old 10-03-2009, 06:46 AM   #2
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xhost local:
before su
You can also add this line to your ~/.bashrc.
 
Old 10-03-2009, 07:27 AM   #3
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unable to open display
 
Old 10-03-2009, 08:33 AM   #4
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$root ~> export DISPLAY=:0.0
Then run the program.

I got this from: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...s-root-398676/

Does it work?
 
  


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