X-Windows - connection to "0.0." refused

[Michael Kale]

try opening up a normal terminal (as benh) and type 
`xhosts +` or 
`xhost +`

I can't remember which....

Michael

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Benjamin Honsinger wrote:

> Ok, unless someone tells me otherwise I am going to run vmware as root. I need
> to be able to run it under x-windows while logged in as benh if at all
> possible. So I open a virtual console and get the following:
> 
> [benh at mandrake benh]$ su
> Password:
> [root at mandrake benh]# vmware
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> Error: Can't open display: :0
> [root at mandrake benh]#  
> 
> How do I get rid of this error and allow myself to run vmware as root from
> xwindows (when I am logged in as benh)?
> 
> Thanks!  - Ben - 
>