On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Seth Bernsen wrote: > mike hicks wrote: > > Before you su run "xhost +". If you've already su'ed, you can run xhost > + in another window and it should also work. Then make sure your > DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, for csh: > > setenv DISPLAY <hostname>:0.0 Do something like this, but DO NOT use xhost +. Instead, use 'xhost +local:' to allow non-TCP local X connections. Do that, and then you can just do an 'export DISPLAY=:0' (for bourne shells). Or do like zibby says and use sudo. Sudo is your friend. Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa Kevin R. Bullock