Slack and root access to X server

[Collins Richey]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 14:28:11 -0800
Bill Campbell <bill at celestial.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 03:12:19PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> >I'm trying to install OpenOffice, and the script always dies "unabble
> >to access the X server" - any clues?
> >
> >I've done "xhost +localhost" and even "xhost +", but no dice.
> 
> Try ``xterm -l root -e slogin localhost'' or ``ssh -f -l root xterm''.
> This should give you root access with the proper X capabilities.  You
> may have to edit the ssh_config and sshd_config files to turn X11
> forwarding on.
> 
> I find it far easier to run X clients with ssh than dealing with the
> $DISPLAY variable and xhosts, not to mention more secure (as if X
> without ssh were at all secure :-).
> 

Thanks.

I circumvented the problem by logging in as root and starting xfce.

In case anyone else tries this, the new (pretty much undocumented) way
of installing OO in network mode is ./setup --interactive.  

--
Collins