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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 20:13:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Evgeny Roubinchtein <eroubinc@u.washington.edu>
To:        Amelia Hauer <mjrladi97@enter.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fw: X question
Message-ID:  <Pine.A41.4.05.9901102011330.10554-100000@dante24.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000601be3cdd$7b3bace0$0400a8c0@dh.athome.net>

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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 ?


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Evgeny Roubinchtein, eroubinc@u.washington.edu
...................
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