From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 10 20:14:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA27789 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:14:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA27784 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:14:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eroubinc@u.washington.edu) Received: from dante24.u.washington.edu (eroubinc@dante24.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.74]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id UAA31290; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:13:47 -0800 Received: from localhost (eroubinc@localhost) by dante24.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id UAA58684; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:13:47 -0800 Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:13:47 -0800 (PST) From: Evgeny Roubinchtein To: Amelia Hauer cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: X question In-Reply-To: <000601be3cdd$7b3bace0$0400a8c0@dh.athome.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Amelia Hauer wrote: > Quick question., I'm no "X" expert. When I open an xterm, and then su to > root in it to run an app as root, (cvsup for example) I get an "unable to >open >display localhost:0" error message. What have I missed? >System info: >Pentium 166 90MB ram >ATI graphics card >Xfree 3.3.3 >2.2.8-RELEASE >Windowmaker 0.23 Hmm..., xauth merge ~YOUR_NON-ROOT-LOGIN_HERE/.Xauthority ,and then try again ? -- Evgeny Roubinchtein, eroubinc@u.washington.edu ................... IBM: Imitable Boring Microcomputers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message