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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



  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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