Re: [wmii] blocking on 'wmiir read /event'

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 10:12:39PM +1000, Chris Foster wrote:
> > Same here, Super_L is WinKey for me (at work), on my tp I have
> > no such key ;)
>
> Yes, I'm at work (hence the irritating lack of root access) and I have
> Super_L == WinKey.
>
> > > Unfortunately if I try setting DISPLAY to directly probe DISPLAY=:1
> > > where the dodgy copy of wmii is running then I get refused by the X
> > > server. (And I don't have root on the machine so I presume I cannot fix
> > > this :( ) I really don't think this is the problem though.
> >
> > How did you tried this?
> >
> > ; DISPLAY=:1 xmodmap -pm
> >
> > If it doesn't work, try
> >
> > ; DISPLAY=:1.0 xmodmap -pm
>
> I tried both of these already, as well as (eg)
> --------------------------------------------------
> $ xmodmap -pm -display :1.0
> Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> xmodmap: unable to open display ':1.0'
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> etc etc. No joy :(

Is the server run by a different user?

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