pete-fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pete Toscano) writes: > Here's some FC4 weirdness. Maybe someone out there can help... > [...] It's pretty explicit, acpid runs as root and cannot access your display. > [snip] > + /usr/X11R6/bin/xset -display :0 dpms force standby > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xset: unable to open display ":0" The same thing would happen if you try to run your script, as root, at the console (not X) while logged in under X. -- Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer "Le disparu, si l'on vénère sa mémoire, est plus présent et plus puissant que le vivant". -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle --