[mythtv-users] how to get root to start mythfrontend
Cecil Watson
cwatson at linkline.com
Sat Jan 15 16:24:17 EST 2005
Paul Andreassen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've gotten Mythtv to shutdown and wakeup at the correct times using
>nvram-wakeup. Now I would like mythfrontend to start if I press the
>power button. My problem is mythfrontend wont start as root, even if I
>su to the logged in user. The error message is "mythfrontend: cannot
>connect to X server". How do I get X window access?
>
>
>
Why would you want mythfrontend running as root? Running anything a
root is a bad practise to get into. Just my 2 cents...
Cecil
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