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jbk wrote: > # su - > -bash: \e[3~:delete-char: command not found > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: No protocol specified > > xhost: unable to open display ":0.0" > > This symptom occured after upgrading Fc3 to Fc4. It only happens when I > login as root locally. If I SSH from another machine and then 'su -' I > have no trouble. > > "xhost +localhost" is defined in root's .bash_profile. > > A fresh install on my laptop did not exhibit this problem. > > I am googling the mailing lists but have yet to find reference to this > particular circumstance. I assume you started X as a regular user. That regular user has to adjust the security of the X session, not root. Put the "xhost +localhost" in _that_ user's .bash_profile.
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