View X windows as root suse 9.1

tsmith · 07-15-2004, 02:49 PM

Can anyone tell me how to run xwindows in Suse 9.1? Thanks

acid_kewpie · 07-15-2004, 03:34 PM

type in "startx" in a console screen.

tsmith · 07-15-2004, 03:41 PM

Sorry, I put it in my post title but skipped over it in the actual post. I meant to ask how do I startx as ROOT.

ooops.

acid_kewpie · 07-15-2004, 04:12 PM

you log in as root. and then type in "startx" in a console screen.

tsmith · 07-15-2004, 04:33 PM

OK,

Let me start off by saying sorry, I have a million things going on here and I should have been more specific in the beginning. With that said, what I am trying to do is

logged in as a user, startx

then open a shell, su to root run an xapplication like nmapfe.

here is what I get when I try this:

Xlib: connection to ";0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 Key

GtkWarning **: cannot open display: :0.0

rshaw · 07-15-2004, 04:42 PM

don't use su . use 'sux -' (s.u.x. minus)

tsmith · 07-15-2004, 04:48 PM

Thank you very much!