On 08/27/2015 09:29 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Tom H <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 6:54 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> I can run anything as a regular user but not my apps >>> as root. I am sure a reboot will fix this, but >>> is there a way to fix this without rebooting? >>> >>> This started after I fired up two VM's in KVM >>> >>> # leafpad smb.conf & >>> [1] 16905 >>> [root@localhost samba]# No protocol specified >>> leafpad: Cannot open display: >>> >>> # echo $DISPLAY >>> :0.0 >> >> You need to specify XAUTHORITY= > > Doing a "sudo" or "su" to run things as the root user can also clear > your individual user X settings, as can using ssh to access the local > system as a root user if you do not allow X forwarding. > > Personally, I tend to run as a user, then "ssh -l root localhost" with > my SSH settings and keys set to permit my SSH user on localhost to > connect with ssh-agent and X11 forwarding enabled. > I was forced to reboot over something else, and that cleared it. Thank you all for the tips. :-) -T -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~