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. -- Forgive and forget. -- Cervantes
