On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 01:46 -0200, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote: > -----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. ---- BING!!! Thanks - sorry I didn't make myself more clear earlier - thanks for the patience. Craig