From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 20:18:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6927416A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:18:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@unixtechs.org) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com [65.24.5.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDC1043D45 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:18:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@unixtechs.org) Received: from blackguy.unixtechs.org (cpe-65-29-127-219.twmi.res.rr.com [65.29.127.219]) by ms-smtp-02-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k19KIgjH008024 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:18:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from eric by blackguy.unixtechs.org with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1F7IFW-000Ktp-KH for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:18:42 -0500 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:18:42 -0500 From: Eric Ekong To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060209201839.GO32776@blackguy> References: <20060209200054.64649.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060209200054.64649.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: UNIXTECHS X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE i386 9:14PM up 6:31, 2 users, load averages: 2.19, 2.16, 2.02 X-Editor: Vim http://www.vim.org/ X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Info: http://www.unixtechs.org/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Ekong List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:18:47 -0000 try ssh -X -C -l root localhost as the normal user of X then run the program Eric * Peter [060209 15:00]: > Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 15:00:54 -0500 (EST) > From: Peter > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > Hello, I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with the Fluxbox window manager. I have > installed a MySQL GUI but I cannot run it as root: > > (mysql-administrator-bin:814): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > I logged in locally as a non-privileged user (who can open the program) > and su'd to root. I then set my DISPLAY variable: > > # DISPLAY=LOCALHOST:0.0 > > Here are the programs (mysql-administrator calls mysql-administrator-bin): > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 546B Feb 8 03:10 > /usr/X11R6/bin/mysql-administrator > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2.3M Feb 8 03:10 > /usr/X11R6/bin/mysql-administrator-bin > > What should I do? > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- ======================================================= Eric I. Ekong eric@unixtechs.org FreeBSD - The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD http://freebsd.kde.org ======================================================= Laws of Serendipity: (1) In order to discover anything, you must be looking for something. (2) If you wish to make an improved product, you must already be engaged in making an inferior one.