How do I give root console access to x-org?

danritter · 07-09-2006, 01:12 PM

When I go to the console and use the su command to get root access I can't run any x windows programs. For example.

dan@Linux1:~$ su
Password:
root@Linux1:/home/dan# konqueror
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0.0
root@Linux1:/home/dan#

I understand the problem is that root console doesn't have permission to access x-org. So how do I give it permission? And does anyone know why ubuntu or kubuntu doesn't have this automatically configured? I've used a large number of distributions and I think this is the first time I've run into this problem.

Thank 8-)

bigjohn · 07-09-2006, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danritter

When I go to the console and use the su command to get root access I can't run any x windows programs. For example.

dan@Linux1:~$ su
Password:
root@Linux1:/home/dan# konqueror
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0.0
root@Linux1:/home/dan#

I understand the problem is that root console doesn't have permission to access x-org. So how do I give it permission? And does anyone know why ubuntu or kubuntu doesn't have this automatically configured? I've used a large number of distributions and I think this is the first time I've run into this problem.

Thank 8-)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

HappyTux · 07-09-2006, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danritter

When I go to the console and use the su command to get root access I can't run any x windows programs. For example.

dan@Linux1:~$ su
Password:
root@Linux1:/home/dan# konqueror
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0.0
root@Linux1:/home/dan#

I understand the problem is that root console doesn't have permission to access x-org. So how do I give it permission? And does anyone know why ubuntu or kubuntu doesn't have this automatically configured? I've used a large number of distributions and I think this is the first time I've run into this problem.

Thank 8-)

Try with this in your /root/.bashrc.

Code:

## allows me to run X program as root

export XAUTHORITY=/home/dan/.Xauthority