[LUNI] MSIE 6 on Kubuntu

[Samir Faci]

did you try the command sux  instead of su

sux does what su does but automatically does all the x crap you need.

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Samir



On 6/24/07, Mike Scott <luni at pyewacket.org> wrote:
> Don't ask me why, I just wanted to see how well it works, but I am
> trying to run IE 6 on Kubuntu Feisty Fawn.
>
> I don't want to run it under my user account, so I created a new user
> named "windows" that I hope will sandbox the legendary IE insecurity.
> The problem I am having is getting X to share it's display.  I su to the
> windows user from an XTerm and when I launch it, I get:
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> I have set the DISPLAY variable in the windows session to :0.0, but the
> only way I can get it to work is to completely turn off access control
> using "xhost +" from my user logon.
> If I try "xhost +localhost" or xhost +path" (the hostname of the box) it
> won't work.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> - Mike Scott
>
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