Think this should be fixed in the packages? -AT On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Edgar Kalkowski <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > I think this remaining issue is because root is not normally allowed to connect to the X server. After issuing an „xhost +local:“ (the colon is essential) all connections from localhost should be allowed and thus it should work. > > Ed > > > > > On Samstag, 09. Mai 2009, 10:09:37 David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. wrote: >> Listmates, >> > <snip> >> >> REMAINING ISSUES WITH ARCH GLX: >> >> When issuing glxinfo from a konsole cli as $USER everything works fine. >> However, if you are su to root $UID then glxinfo fails: >> >> [23:07 alchemy:/home/david] # glxinfo >> No protocol specified >> Error: unable to open display :0.0 >> >> Dunno if this is a bug or feature, but I thought I would pass it along. I'll >> file a bug report on the default config issue, fixing it will save a lot of >> folks a lot of heartache and newbies from thinking Linux doesn't work. >> >> >
