[techtalk] GTK+ Prob - Mandrake 8

[Phil Savoie]

Thank you all for your help. As it turns out removing the setuid bit of
the executable helped but the program hung.

When I have time I will try the other suggestions and let you know what
if any worked

Thank you,

Phil

coldfire wrote:
> 
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > ssh -l root localhost '/usr/bin/xcdroast $*'
> >
> > ########## end ##############
> >
> > save that as xcdroast.sh
> 
> i don't believe this script will work .. if 'xcdrgtk' is run by root, it
> would return a "connection to <display> refused by server" unless properly
> configured.  which would be more trouble than it's worth.
> 
> > > I am using Mandrake 8 and have added the rpm
> > > xcdroast-0.98alpha8-1.i586.mandrake72.rpm.  The above warning get
> > > displayed when ran as "root" user or any other ordinary user.
> >
> > Alternatively, you could "chmod -s xcdroast" and then run it as root.
> 
> check your version of GTK+ .. if it is indeed 1.2.9 or newer, this will
> probably be your best solution until niederreiter fixes it for the stable
> release.
> 
> abe
> 
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