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<td><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - xhost +local: should work"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99490">99490</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>xhost +local: should work
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<th>Product</th>
<td>Wayland
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>x86-64 (AMD64)
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>XWayland
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>wayland-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>soloturn@gmail.com
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<th>QA Contact</th>
<td>xorg-team@lists.x.org
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<pre>some programs require a different user to run, e.g. gparted wants to run as
root. to allow,
xhost +local:
should work. it says "unable to open DISPLAY :1". i am not sure if this is
related to <a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_NEW "
title="NEW - weston cannot display second DISPLAY"
href="show_bug.cgi?id=99489">bug99489</a>, i recall this working, but am not sure any more.
this is on arch linux, versions:
weston 1.12.0-2
wayland 1.12.0-1
gnome-shell 3.22.2+18+gdf7727a-1
xorg-server 1.19.1-1</pre>
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