Can't Use an App in root?

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Hi guys

I am using a program called Navicat, i am running my own private wow server, and using my Linux box as acting server for now.

My problem is this, the program Navicat is a trial version, now it runs fine when i am not logged into root,i run it in terminal and it appears lovely,do what i want with it, and hey presto it does it's job. Now when i am logged into root i can't use this program and i need to be logged into root when dealing with MySQL and stuff, why won't it let me open it? is it because it's a trail software and in root you may be able to knock of the trail period or something? just comes up no such command, even if i click on the icon, and its say run in terminal, but after that nothing, when i am not root the icon works fine.

i just can't understand it

do companies impose these restrictions on trial software? or am i just being paranoid/stupid newbie Linux user doing it wrong?

thanks in advance

HD


p.s i hope that all made sense, am very tired and not thinking straight :P

[devils casper]

i never used any trial version in Linux but did you try to execute Navicat in Terminal? it will display relevant info/errors there only.

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this is what happens when i execute in root,

root@Chopster:~# cd ./Desktop
root@Chopster:~/Desktop# cd ./navicat
root@Chopster:~/Desktop/navicat# ./start-navicat
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

navicat: cannot connect to X server :0.0
root@Chopster:~/Desktop/navicat#

the command works fine if i am not in root

[devils casper]

which distro do you have? Ubuntu? root login is disabled in Ubuntu and root user doesn't have access to GUI/X server by default. did you enable root login in GUI?

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yes Ubuntu 7.04 is Distro, and yes i enabled root login (just makes it easier for the moment, not because i don't know the sudo commands, just as i am playing with MySQL and stuff it's easier to be logged in as root)

[devils casper]

are you logged in as root in GUI? are all other GUI packages working fine?

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First off sorry for the late reply devil's casper, i have been away for a few days.

Basically to sum it up, i am playing around with MySQL and PHP, i am a student and we will be learning this when i enter my second year, i just wanted to get a head start, plus i am kinda interested in this stuff anyways.

I setup several database's using the Navicat program, and linked them to MySQL, i found they would only successfully connect to the database when i was logged into Root, so i started logging in as root when i wanted to play around with MySQL, but when i tried to run navicat in root it would njot open and gave me then error's

i thought it might have something to do with the program only being a trial, as you have to pay for the complete product.

Yes all my other programs are running smoothly.

one drawback, my hard-drive was failing i think, so i bought a new one today so now i have to install it over again, thanks for the reply's anyway you have been a great help to me ever since i started Linux, but i think i will try a free alternative, i heard easyphpadmin is pretty good.

thanks

HD

[JordanII]

this is what happens when i execute in root,



the command works fine if i am not in root

Since you are using Ubuntu just put the word "sudo" in front of each command that you type in the terminal.


~Jordan