alternatively TR from Tucson Linux Group sugested:
root is tring to open X on :0.0. Are you sure that is where X is running? login in as root and look in /var/gdm and see the files X is using I have
# ls -l total 8 -rw-r----- 1 root root 45 Jun 26 15:23 :0.Xauth -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38 Jun 26 15:24 :0.Xservers
If 0.0 is right for you , you'd have # ls -l total 8 -rw-r----- 1 root root 45 Jun 26 15:23 : 0.0.Xauth -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38 Jun 26 15:24 :0.0.Xservers
And here is the output:
[root@localhost ~]# cd /var/log/gdm [root@localhost gdm]# ls -l total 36 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1049 2007-06-27 08:32 :0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1143 2007-06-27 08:31 :0.log.1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076 2007-06-27 08:21 :0.log.2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1230 2007-06-27 08:10 :0.log.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1076 2007-06-27 07:52 :0.log.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1095 2007-06-23 22:07 : 20.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1095 2007-06-23 22:04 :20.log.1
On 6/27/07, Ashley Pritchard <linuxpen@gmail.com > wrote:
here is that info:
[awp@localhost ~]$ ll /usr/sbin/userhelper -rws--x--x 1 root root 34060 2007-06-15 01:56 /usr/sbin/userhelper
On 6/27/07, Andy Green andy@warmcat.com wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
How do I get back access to root from my user account?
I think it would help if you login as yourself and simply type "xhost"
and
post the output. Also the output of "env | grep DISP" may be useful.
I have a distant memory of this kind of thing happening when something to do with the root login helper thing lost its suid root attribute.
That password prompt thing is
# ll /usr/sbin/userhelper -rws--x--x 1 root root 34224 2007-04-19 15:10 /usr/sbin/userhelper
make sure it has the s for suid
-Andy
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