Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 09/26/05

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    Joel Peter William Pitt wrote:

    > I am confused however, since I'm reasonably sure I haven't tinkered
    > with my Xauthority files - ie they are the debian default - and yet
    > synaptic has no problem running from su.
    >
    > -Joel
    >
    > westk[@westk03]:/home/westk> su -
    > Password:
    > westk03:~# synaptic
    >
    > (synaptic:11555): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

    However, as Ron Johnson points out, "su -c synaptic" does work. Thanks,
    Ron! Didn't know that trick. 

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Kent
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