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Dchmelik at 06:30, 6 September 2025

Dchmelik — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:30:12 GMT

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	This is how to run about any X Window System program from another GNU/Linux chroot (whether partition or within Slackware or ~~some~~ others). This example uses a 'chroot-stable' Slackware-stable directory/folder (such as in Slackware-current) and example to run xedit (replace that line with whatever X program you want). The setup is you login as root ('su -') then chroot into the chroot directory's/folder's root account and then use another user. If desired you can mount something such as /home first (similar to 'mount --rbind /home /root/chroot-stable/home' or replace /root with wherever) but keep in mind if you need to delete the chroot, you don't want /home mounted inside it! Also <i>you should possibly/likely change</i> 'DISPLAY=:0' to 'DISPLAY=0:0' or whatever $DISPLAY number of the terminal you're using, or users on any terminal can access it. If you're the only user of your computer, you won't likely need to (unless connected to network or paranoid) but if you later run a program in a different terminal that may not work without having $DISPLAY set to correct number.		This is how to run about any X Window System program from another GNU/Linux chroot (whether partition or within Slackware or almost all others). This example uses a 'chroot-stable' Slackware-stable directory/folder (such as in Slackware-current) and example to run xedit (replace that line with whatever X program you want). The setup is you login as root ('su -') then chroot into the chroot directory's/folder's root account and then use another user. If desired you can mount something such as /home first (similar to 'mount --rbind /home /root/chroot-stable/home' or replace /root with wherever) but keep in mind if you need to delete the chroot, you don't want /home mounted inside it! Also <i>you should possibly/likely change</i> 'DISPLAY=:0' to 'DISPLAY=0:0' or whatever $DISPLAY number of the terminal you're using, or users on any terminal can access it. If you're the only user of your computer, you won't likely need to (unless connected to network or paranoid) but if you later run a program in a different terminal that may not work without having $DISPLAY set to correct number.

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Dchmelik at 06:29, 6 September 2025

Dchmelik — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:29:42 GMT

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	#shell comments preceded with hash/pound sign		# shell comments preceded with hash/pound sign
	xhost +localhost		xhost +localhost
	su -		su -
	DISPLAY=:0 #~~for~~ security try to be more specific like 0:0		DISPLAY=:0 # For security try to be more specific like 0:0.
	chroot chroot-stable		chroot chroot-stable
	su - user		su - user
	xedit #or whatever X program</pre>		xedit # or whatever X program</pre>

	If you want to do this for any local area network (LAN) users omit 'localhost'.		If you want to do this for any local area network (LAN) users omit 'localhost'.

Dchmelik at 06:00, 6 September 2025

Dchmelik — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:00:27 GMT

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	xhost +localhost		xhost +localhost
	su -		su -
	DISPLAY=:0 #try to be more specific like 0:0		DISPLAY=:0 #for security try to be more specific like 0:0
	chroot chroot-stable		chroot chroot-stable
	su - user		su - user
	xedit #or whatever</pre>		xedit #or whatever X program</pre>

	If you want to do this for any local area network (LAN) users omit 'localhost'.		If you want to do this for any local area network (LAN) users omit 'localhost'.

Dchmelik at 06:00, 6 September 2025

Dchmelik — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 06:00:07 GMT

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	xedit #or whatever</pre>		xedit #or whatever</pre>

	If you want to do this on local area network (LAN) omit 'localhost'.		If you want to do this for any local area network (LAN) users omit 'localhost'.

Dchmelik: Created page with "This is how to run about any X Window System program from another GNU/Linux chroot (whether partition or within Slackware or some others). This example uses a 'chroot-stable' Slackware-stable directory/folder (such as in Slackware-current) and example to run xedit (replace that line with whatever X program you want). The setup is you login as root ('su -') then chroot into the chroot directory's/folder's root account and then use another user. If desired you can mount..."

Dchmelik — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 05:58:46 GMT

Created page with "This is how to run about any X Window System program from another GNU/Linux chroot (whether partition or within Slackware or some others). This example uses a 'chroot-stable' Slackware-stable directory/folder (such as in Slackware-current) and example to run xedit (replace that line with whatever X program you want). The setup is you login as root ('su -') then chroot into the chroot directory's/folder's root account and then use another user. If desired you can mount..."

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This is how to run about any X Window System program from another GNU/Linux chroot (whether partition or within Slackware or some others). This example uses a 'chroot-stable' Slackware-stable directory/folder (such as in Slackware-current) and example to run xedit (replace that line with whatever X program you want). The setup is you login as root ('su -') then chroot into the chroot directory's/folder's root account and then use another user. If desired you can mount something such as /home first (similar to 'mount --rbind /home /root/chroot-stable/home' or replace /root with wherever) but keep in mind if you need to delete the chroot, you don't want /home mounted inside it! Also <i>you should possibly/likely change</i> 'DISPLAY=:0' to 'DISPLAY=0:0' or whatever $DISPLAY number of the terminal you're using, or users on any terminal can access it. If you're the only user of your computer, you won't likely need to (unless connected to network or paranoid) but if you later run a program in a different terminal that may not work without having $DISPLAY set to correct number.

<pre>
#shell comments preceded with hash/pound sign
xhost +localhost
su -
DISPLAY=:0 #try to be more specific like 0:0
chroot chroot-stable
su - user
xedit #or whatever</pre>

If you want to do this on local area network (LAN) omit 'localhost'.