[Mageia-dev] Running X11 apps from the console after exporting DISPLAY

[John Balcaen]

2011/7/28 Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie>:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure when this started happening but I presume it's a deliberate change.
>
> When I login via text console while already running X11, and do: "export
> DISPLAY=:0; xeyes", I expect to see some googly eyes on my desktop when
> I switch back.
>
> But this doesn't seem to work these days. Is there something I can do to
> make this work again? I suspect it's maybe related to not knowing the
> path to the X11 socket file or something?
>
> Either way, some hints from those more informed than me are appreciated!
>
If you're using gdm it does not seems to work since the new gdm
(probably one month or more).
Maybe it's related to the fact that gdm is now running under his own user.
If still working with kdm here.

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