[lug] Annoying new behavior in RedHat/Krud 7.2

[Timothy C. Klein]

I add the following script to my root .bashrc:

#!/bin/bash

# Copy teece's .Xauthority key to roots .Xauthority


/usr/bin/X11/xauth -f /home/teece/.Xauthority extract - :0.0 \
	| /usr/bin/X11/xauth -f /root/.Xauthority merge -

Then it automatically adds root as authorized to contact my display when
I am in X.  It errors when I su to root at the console, which is easily
fixed by surround it with an if $display clause or something, but I have
nevered bothered.

Tim

* Elyse Grasso (emgrasso at data-raptors.com) wrote:
> I upgraded to 7.2 yesterday. I haven't had time to track down all the things 
> that were slightly bent by the upgrade (as opposed to broken) but I have 
> noticed that the Xserver is now being annoying.
> 
> I am used to logging in as me, suing to root (or other users for specific 
> applications) and running various GUI apps. Now when I try to do this I get 
> messages like:
> 
> [emgrasso at xerxes emgrasso]$ su -
> Password:
> [root at xerxes root]# linuxconf
> Error message from remadmin :Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Error message from remadmin :Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to 
> ServerError message from remadmin :
> Error message from remadmin :Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
> 
> Does anyone know what I need to change to return the server to its previous 
> behavior?
> 
> A related annoyance is that linuxconf no longer appears in the menus where it 
> used to.  I have had it loaded for ages and use it daily to change my network 
> interface settings when I move between home and work. I have heard that 
> linuxconf is now deprecated, but have seen no announcements about what we are 
> supposed to use instead.  
> 
> (I have a pcmcia wireless ethernet card, and a modem card that get swapped in 
> and out of  one pcmcia slot, and a regular ethernet card that stays in the 
> other pcmcia slot but switches between a hardcoded ethernet address at hiome 
> and DHCP at work. Linuxconf followed by a reboot is the fastest way I have 
> found to get the ip addresses, routing and dns settings to do what they are 
> supposed to. Trying to use DHCP at home interferes with the ppp gateway and 
> makes samba and nfs configuration messy. )
> 
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