FORTRAN gy
02-27-2001, 06:43 PM
From my search I know that questions about the MAGIC-COOKIE don't get answered, but what the hell.
Running blackbox on Mandrake 6.0.
Login as user, startx into blackbox.
If I su to root and try to use an X application, I get the dreaded MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE error message. The cookie is in the .Xauthority file. Posts in the past about this error have pertained to trying to start up two X terminals. That's not what I want to do; I could never run it on this old P90. I'm sure I've done this (su to root) in the past before a recent reinstall.
Running blackbox on Mandrake 6.0.
Login as user, startx into blackbox.
If I su to root and try to use an X application, I get the dreaded MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE error message. The cookie is in the .Xauthority file. Posts in the past about this error have pertained to trying to start up two X terminals. That's not what I want to do; I could never run it on this old P90. I'm sure I've done this (su to root) in the past before a recent reinstall.