awkward connection refused errors

[Joubert]

I ran:
sudo -s -H
glxgears
It resulted in:
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Error: couldn't open display :0.0

It's not the first time this error appears, It's happened when i tried to edit sources.list with kile and it only happens when I am SuperUser. I have just made fromubuntutokubuntu switch. Any idea of what the problem is?

[Snowhog]

Re: awkward connection refused errors

You don't need to be 'root' in order to run/check glxgears. Just open a console and type glxgears.

[Joubert]

Re: awkward connection refused errors

I know that. What I need is a workaround to this kind of errors.

[Snowhog]

Re: awkward connection refused errors

Here's the 'problem' as you call it. When you are running as 'root,' you (root) do not have access to window :0.0 (the tty that X is running in when the system boots). This is how the system is configured. So, it isn't a *problem* and as far as I know, there is no workaround to it.

[Joubert]

Re: awkward connection refused errors

ok thanks