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07-23-2008, 09:33 AM
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Re: question about DISPLAY environment variable
anonuserca@yahoo.com
schreef:
> Yes, I'm trying to run a graphical program as root from the terminal.
Try merging Xauthority file first:
> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/xauth -f /root/.Xauthority merge .Xauthority
Now you can run gui as root
> sudo gui
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