in order to display something on an X server, a few pieces of information are needed. First, where to display. X apps use the envionment varible DISPLAY to indicate what X server to connect to. Assuming you didnt change anything, from the root console, try typing this before the command: export DISPLAY=:0 This tells the app to use the localhost (what goes before the colon) on display 0. The other information needed is its authorization. Thats what the xhost does. It will allow anyone from the localhost to display on the X server. Be aware that xhost has some significant security issues, and I dont recomend using it. The authorization can also come in the form of cookies (kinda like browsers) which is more secure than xhost, but not by much. Jay On Tuesday 20 August 2002 9:35 am, Peter Clark wrote: > On Monday 19 August 2002 23:40, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:29:44PM -0500, Peter Clark wrote: > > > This should have a simple answer: there are times when I want > > > processes owned by other users to spawn windows in my current X > > > session. What settings do I enable / change to avoid the dreaded "Xlib: > > > connection to ":0.0" refused by server" and "Xlib: Client is not > > > authorized to connect to Server" messages from appearing? > > > > > > :Peter > > > > xhost +localhost > > > > man xhost > > Perhaps just a little more info, please. :) Running as a normal user, I > typed 'xhost +localhost' and then switched to a root console and tried > opening up 'kmenuedit' but could not connect. The man file was not terribly > helpful, although it made me realize that I don't have /etc/X*.hosts files. > Restarting the server likewise had no beneficial effect. > > :Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list