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epretorious
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 Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:13 pm Post subject: Troubles with Airsnort |
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Hello, All:
I'm attempting to use Airsnort (airsnort-0.2.1b) with pcmcia_cs (airsnort-0.2.1b) but Airsnort barfs when I try to start it:
| Code: | zippy root # airsnort
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: |
Kismet works correctly so I know that GTK and the orinoco_cs driver (orinoco-13e) are correctly configured/patched.
What might I be doing wrong?
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darfsnuzal
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 3:09 am Post subject: |
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If you are running a X based program from a shell as one user (say, root), but you are logged into your window manager (KDE, gnome) as another user (say, bob) then you need to issue:
as your window manger user (bob). This tells X windows to accept connections from any machine or user and show windows on your display. This all stems from the fact that X is network aware.
If you computer is directly attached to the internet and not behind a firewall, you don't want to run this command. Anyone would be able to display windows on your screen for you.
Darf
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epretorious
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | If you are running a X based program from a shell as one user... |
Oops - I've confused the ncurses display (of Kismet) with the GTK+ display. 
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