Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:00:35 -0600 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd08@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to run GUI under root in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200801100700.35961.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <953371.88436.qm@web57006.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <953371.88436.qm@web57006.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 10 January 2008 06:52:38 am Unga wrote: > Hi all > > I want to run ddd debugger under root. > > I ran following before become root: > xhost localhost > > Under root: > echo $DISPLAY > > :0.0 > > When I run ddd: > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > Error: Can't open display: :0.0 > > What else I should do in FreeBSD? I'm running > 7.0-PRERELEASE on i386 with KDE 3.5.8. > > Appreciate very much a reply. > > Best Regards > Unga im not sure if its the best or correct way, but i was able to run an app (not ddd, i dont have that on my system) as root by doing this: (as my user) xhost + (then su - up to root) xcalc -display :0 nothing else to it. also, you might take a look at the man for xhost to see how to narrow down the access, because the '+' only gives you a nice little "you are now wide open for connections" message. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd08 _@_ dfwlp.com
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