From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 13 16:22:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15155 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:22:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.westbend.net (ns1.westbend.net [207.217.224.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA15109 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:22:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hetzels@westbend.net) Received: from admin (admin.westbend.net [207.217.224.195]) by mail.westbend.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA09643 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:22:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hetzels@westbend.net) Message-ID: <000601bd38de$93541be0$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net> From: "Scot W. Hetzel" To: Subject: Re: How do you get the port "xscreensaver" to run Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:22:03 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I have the computer set up to run xdm upon booting. When xdm runs the >xscreensaver program from the XSetup_0 script I receive the following >messages in the xdm-errors file: > >AUDIT: Thu Feb 12 16:15:22 1998: 183 X: client 4 rejected from local host >Xlib: connection to "unix:0.0" refused by server >Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server >Error: Can't open display: unix:0.0 > > Here's a little more info. Apparently I can't run xscreensaver as root, or from xdm upon boot up. But it will run if I login as another user. What do I need to change for xscreensaver to run under the root account? Scot PS. Send CC to hetzels@westbend.net as I am not on the list. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message