-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:34:56PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > OK - I will play with this but I think you aren't understanding how I am > accessing... > > I am connecting to remote via ssh... > > ssh -XC user at host > > I can execute this program no problem by the './startconsole...' > > But I really want to use a VNC session and run from there...so instead, > I have vncserver start as my user and connect... > > vncviewer localhost:1 > > Once I authenticate, I am running a VNC session and I can use things > like firefox/evolution/etc. > > I then open a terminal session, su - to root and then execute the > command, which is when I get this error. > > If this explanation helps...I am offering it. Basically, everything I am > doing is not on my local machine but rather on the remote to which I am > connected via ssh. Ahhh. After you open the terminal session and before running "su -", execute xhost +localhost That should work. - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDxdEJpdyWzQ5b5ckRAhApAKCa4eMtJ+GePiJMg53HU0bc+l9/igCeP8B5 Y2M8CwDrk+PQT1PxyugubEo= =rzXN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----