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mimosinnet

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 7

conky not starting as root

I am using my gentoo desktop configuration in archlinux (xdm + FVWM), setting the root window at the login prompt (conky, root-tail, fvwm-root). To be able to do this, I need conky to be executed as root. I get this error message:

# conky
No protocol specified
Conky: can't open display: :0
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
	This program is calling the Imlib call:

	imlib_context_free();

	With the parameter:

	context

	being NULL. Please fix your program.

This same error message has  been reported by other users (see this post). I would very much appreciate any hints.

Thanks!

mimosinnet

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 7

Re: conky not starting as root

I have not been able to solve this issue. I have included conky in .xsession, starting it as my regular user.

Thanks your attention.

Cheers!

ardagnir

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From: USA

Registered: 2012-12-04

Posts: 16

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Re: conky not starting as root

Try:
conky --display=:1
(or whatever display you're using)
I don't think conky can figure it out by default if you're running it as a foreign user.

Last edited by ardagnir (2013-03-17 03:30:23)

mimosinnet

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 7

Re: conky not starting as root

Try:
conky --display=:1

Thanks very much for the hint. As a regular user, I can run:

conky --display=:0  
Conky: forked to background, pid is 3631

As root, I get the error, and the display is not recognised:

# conky --display=:0 
No protocol specified
Conky: can't open display: :0
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
	This program is calling the Imlib call:

	imlib_context_free();

	With the parameter:

	context

	being NULL. Please fix your program.

I have tried different display values.

Let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Cheers!

ardagnir

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From: USA

Registered: 2012-12-04

Posts: 16

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Re: conky not starting as root

Can you run other x apps as root?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ru … ps_as_root

mimosinnet

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Registered: 2012-09-22

Posts: 7

Re: conky not starting as root

Can you run other x apps as root?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ru … ps_as_root

Thanks for the reply and the reference. I have checked the link and, as I undersand it, it gives information on how to run root applications when logged as a non-root user. In my case, I want to run applications as root before loggin into a particular user, at the login screen. This is, for example, what I have in my /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup:

fvwm &

fvwm-root -r /home/mimosinnet/.fvwm/wallpapers/wallpaper.png &
# /usr/bin/root-tail -g 1276x300-0+0 /var/log/problem.log,palegreen &
# /ushr/bin/root-tail -g 1276x300-0+310 /home/mimosinnet/.xsession-errors,Turquoise & 

urxvtd -q -f -o 
urxvtc -font xft:Liberation\ Mono:pixelsize=14:antialias=false -sh 80 -tr -bg black -fg palegreen -geometry 129x22+69+0   +sb -name rxvt_root -e journalctl -f &
urxvtc -font xft:Liberation\ Mono:pixelsize=14:antialias=false -sh 80 -tr -bg black -fg palegreen -geometry 129x22+69+390 +sb -name rxvt_root -e tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log &

# conky -c /home/mimosinnet/.conkyrc &

# Keep the number of times the filesystem has been mounted in fsckcount.txt
fsckcount=`/sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/sda3 |  awk '/^Mount count/ { printf $3 }'`
echo $fsckcount > /etc/X11/xdm/fsckcount.txt

if [ $fsckcount -ge 35 ]
then
	touch /etc/X11/xdm/fsckcount_high.txt
else
	if [ -e /etc/X11/xdm/fsckcount_high.txt ]
	then
		rm /etc/X11/xdm/fsckcount_high.txt
	fi
fi

	
/sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/sda3 |  awk '/^Mount count/ { printf $3 }' > /etc/X11/xdm/fsckcount.txt 

I have successfully added gvim, being able to run it as root. My issue is with the conky command, that does not seem to work.

Thanks!