[awp@localhost ~]$ xhost
access control enabled, only authorized clients can connect
SI:localuser:awp
[awp@localhost ~]$ xhost +localhost
localhost being added to access control list
[awp@localhost ~]$ env | grep
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
On 6/27/07, Ed Greshko
<Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ashley Pritchard wrote:
> hello,
>
> I have recently installed Fedora 7 on my machine & got it working for
> the most part ie...adding DVD, mp3 support etc...but now when I login to
> my user account from GDM into Gnome I am not able to use any programs
> that require root access. If the Package updater pops up with updates I
> click on view packages & it asks for my root password. I enter it &
> nothing happens & it does the same thing for all programs that need root
> access.
> I have tried disabling selinux, not installing selinux updates, deleting
> the user account & creating a completely new user account with a
> different user name & I have also reinstalled the OS because of this
> issue and here I am back full circle. I have tried running the program
> through a terminal. Loged in as root from my user account I tried
> running the command 'pup' for the package updater & I get the following
> info:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 31, in <module>
> import gtk
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line
> 76, in <module>
> _init()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line
> 64, in _init
> _gtk.init_check()
> RuntimeError: could not open display
>
> It was suggested to me from someone on a listserve to try this command
> 'xhost +localhost' & 'kdesu pup' so I did & got the following info:
>
> [awp@localhost ~]$ xhost +localhost
> localhost being added to access control list
> [awp@localhost ~]$ su root
> Password:
> [root@localhost awp]# xhost +localhost
> Xlib: connection to ": 0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xhost: unable to open display ":0.0"
> [root@localhost awp]# kdesu pup
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> kdesu: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> so neither command resolved the issue.
>
> Then it was suggested to that I was actually logging into root the wrong
> way. Do not ask me how since 'su root' has been the way i logged into
> root since the old red hat days. So they said I should try 'su - root'
> so I did. Well it turns out that 'su - root' does the same thing as 'su
> root' which is logs me into root & when I run the command 'pup ' or
> 'kdesu pup' I get the same result as above. Then they suggested useing
> just 'su' or just 'su -' to login to root. Well that does the same thing
> as 'su root' which is log me into root but when running 'pup' I get the
> same result as above. Please do not give me more ways to login as root.
> I can login to Gnome from GDM as root & run all programs that need root
> access.
> How do I get back access to root from my user account?
I think it would help if you login as yourself and simply type "xhost" and
post the output. Also the output of "env | grep DISP" may be useful.
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