225737 - will not run installer

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: Installer, defect)

Description

[junkman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021204
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021204

Get this error when running mozilla-installer as su.

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
run ./mozilla-installer
Actual Results:  
this error as stated.

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 key (failed key comparison)

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

Expected Results:  
installer to run.

Trying to install using Suse 8.2 Pro.

Comment 1

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

not a mozilla bug. try "xhost +localhost", or (temporarily) "xhost +" as the
user running X.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Verified.  This is just X's security mechanism.  This can also be worked around
by copying about some .Xauthority files.