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<DIV>I just tried </DIV>
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<DIV>su -m root</DIV>
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<DIV>and that seems to have done the job</DIV>
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<DIV>possibly not a gr8 solution but will do for now.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers</DIV>
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<DIV>Rob</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>>>> thkarcher@gmx.de 07/07/2006 14:08:39 >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">Hi Rob,<BR><BR>> I can su to root no problem.<BR>> but when I run an app I get.<BR>> emacs: Cannot connect to X server unix:1008.0.<BR>> Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.<BR>> Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit<BR>> connections from your machine.<BR><BR>Try instead: sudo <app><BR>(with YOUR password, you have to edit /etc/sudoers appropriately in<BR>order to let this work)<BR><BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Thomas<BR><BR><BR><BR>________________________________________________________________<BR> Were you helped on this list with your FreeNX problem?<BR> Then please write up the solution in the FreeNX Wiki/FAQ:<BR> <A href="http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ">http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=FreeNX_FAQ</A><BR> Don't forget to check the NX Knowledge Base:<BR> <A href="http://www.nomachine.com/kb/">http://www.nomachine.com/kb/</A> <BR><BR>________________________________________________________________<BR> FreeNX-kNX mailing list --- FreeNX-kNX@kde.org<BR> <A href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/freenx-knx</A><BR>________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>