Running an X application as root? (getting printer set in openoffice)

[Duane Whitty]

Oliver Iberien wrote:
> In order to set the printer setting for openoffice.org-2.0.2 I have to, as far 
> as I know, run the program /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.0.2/program/spadmin as 
> root. (The default settings are for lp and I am using cups.) It's a series of 
> dialogs in windows and so I've tried to set the display. I get a "no protocol 
> specified" error.
>
> bsd# setenv DISPLAY ":0.0"
> bsd# /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.0.2/program/spadmin
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> I18N: Operating system doesn't support locale "en_US"
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> /usr/local/openoffice.org-2.0.2/program/spadmin.bin X11 error: Can't open 
> display: :0.0
>    Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option
>    or check permissions of your X-Server
>    (See "man X" resp. "man xhost" for details)
>
> I looked at the xhost page and tried:
>
> bsd# xhost +root
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> The same thing happened with xhost +. What am I missing?
>
> Oliver
>
> PS Using sudo does not work as for some reason when I try to run spadmin with 
> sudo, spadmin can't find libraries it needs that are in its own folder. 
> su-ing gets the same result as running as root, and deleting 
> ~/.openoffice.org-2.0.2 and running spadmin as a normal user changes 
> nothing -- apparently nothing printer-related is in there. 
> _______________________________________________
>   
When you built OOo did you use the -DWITH_CUPS option?

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Duane Whitty