[Gllug] can't switch between virtual terminals

Jon Masters jonathan at jonmasters.org
Mon Aug 4 15:01:31 UTC 2003


On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Ben Whyte wrote:

> > a (related?) problem is that I can't start X apps from root's xterm
> 
> If you get a solution to this it would be kind of useful.

How were you getting this root xterm in the first place?
If via su then there might be an issue with MIT magic cookies not being
setup properly in there - which distribution and under what situation?
I do not seem to have encountered the original message yet.

Jon.


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