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I'm not able to start any GUI applications as a root user: # pgrep -lf Xorg 1590 /usr/bin/Xorg -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-PNnJzp # echo $DISPLAY :0 # xeyes No ...
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Possible Duplicate: Can I launch a graphical program on another user's desktop as root? I'm trying to do the equivalent of: $ sudo -u myuser DISPLAY=:1 xterm However, it give me the ...
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We have a small linux cluster ~12 computers and a similar number of users. Is it possible for a superuser to launch a graphical application - say firefox or even a python script on another machine ...
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After getting my 3g-modem to work in Arch Linux I wanted to eliminate some manual labour required in the process. Hence I needed to create an udev rule. After some trial and error I came up with the ...
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I am trying to open up firefox in my Red Hat machine. I am doing, export DISPLAY=:0.0 and typing, firefox I am getting Error: cannot open display: :0.0 Is there any way to know what packages are ...
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Possible Duplicate: Can I launch a graphical program on another user's desktop as root? I wrote a script which starts from init.d .When it finishes I need it to notify-send a message to me (I ...
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I'm running a HelpDesk for internal call center employees. All employees have headsets in conjunction with their jobs, and I'm working on a script to remotely launch a minimized Mumble session via ...
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I have a script, written in python: #!/usr/bin/python3 from tkinter import messagebox variable = messagebox.showinfo('title', 'question') This python script does nothing else than showing a message ...
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I am connecting to a Linux CentOS 2.6 computer via SSH wit the display deported on my screen (using MobaXterm). It is also possible to access to this computer "physically". However, I would like a ...
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How do I forward X when switching users? I can ssh -X [email protected] and open GUIs just fine. However, then when I sudo su to root, the X11 forwarding seems to stop because the windows ...
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When SSH'd locally into my computer (don't ask, it's a workaround), I can't start graphical applications without running: export DISPLAY=:0.0 If I run this first and then run a graphical application, ...
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Once upon a time, DISPLAY=:0.0 totem /path/to/movie.avi after ssh 'ing into my desktop from my laptop would cause totem to play movie.avi on my desktop. Now it gives the error: No protocol specified ...
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Using the command line, I'd like show a notification on every running X display. ( and running console ) Something like: notify-send-all 'Warning' 'Nuclear launch in 5 minutes, please evacuate' Is ...
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My wife is sitting at her home desktop, alpha, which is running a recent version of Ubuntu. I am on a bus, using ConnectBot on my G1 phone, and can SSH into alpha from wherever I am. For complicated ...
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I need to run some program within crontab , but how can the program know about dbus session id ? it's only available for programs launched by session managers.
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