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?
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Diolch yn fawr, Ashley
