From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new user can't run X apps
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 14:02:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <l2g49bf44f11005051402ld2f0bde2nd2d75d10028c23@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <n2tfecdbac61005051351o363cf15bo7e4121c318881082@mail.gmail.com>
>> I created a new user with useradd but I get X errors like "cannot open
>> display" and "cannot connect to X server" when I try to run X apps as
>> the new user. I've tried restarting with the same results. Does
>> anyone know why this is happening?
>
> Is the user in the video group?
Yes, I should have said that.
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-05 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-05 20:41 [gentoo-user] new user can't run X apps Grant
2010-05-05 20:51 ` Arttu V.
2010-05-05 21:02 ` Grant [this message]
2010-05-05 23:14 ` Arttu V.
2010-05-27 11:29 ` David Relson
2010-05-27 23:14 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
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