<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Tom and Michael thank you for the information regarding X11 access control. <br><br></div>I have now enabled the access control again (i.e xhost -) . <br><br></div>I am now using Xauthority in container and firefox and chrome seem to run ok.<br>
<br></div>Cheers<br></div>Veer<br><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Michael H. Warfield <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com" target="_blank">mhw@wittsend.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Sun, 2014-08-10 at 11:18 +0530, Veer Singh wrote:<br>
> Just for information , I am now able to run google-chrome also. Now<br>
> only thing left is to understand what the heck xhost does :D .<br>
<br>
</div>Uh, suggest run "man xauth". You use xauth to set up .Xauthority to<br>
control access to X11.<br>
<br>
You probably don't want to run xhost.<br>
<br>
> Thanks.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Mike<br>
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><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Veer Singh <<a href="mailto:veer.chah@gmail.com">veer.chah@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> When I execute "xhost +" in host (arch linux) , I am now able<br>
> to successfully to run firefox in container and can use its<br>
> gui window on host . I think error that I was getting might<br>
> have to do with some permissions on who can use display . I<br>
> wonder how to set this permission and what exactly to set when<br>
> launching firefox from host.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Veer Singh<br>
> <<a href="mailto:veer.chah@gmail.com">veer.chah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <a href="mailto:lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org">lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> Hello ,<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am running a unprivileged container (as shown here :<br>
> <a href="https://www.stgraber.org/2014/02/09/lxc-1-0-gui-in-containers/" target="_blank">https://www.stgraber.org/2014/02/09/lxc-1-0-gui-in-containers/</a> ) in host Arch Linux (amd64) and template is precise-gui (amd64 version) downloaded as given in above link.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am able to run this unprivileged container as normal<br>
> user , but I am unable to run any gui from it . When I<br>
> try to run firefox from the container I get following<br>
> error :<br>
><br>
> lxc-attach --clear-env -n precise-gui -- sudo -u<br>
> ubuntu -i DISPLAY=$DISPLAY firefox<br>
> No protocol specified<br>
> No protocol specified<br>
> No protocol specified<br>
> No protocol specified<br>
> Error: cannot open display: :0<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am able to do all cmd line stuff in container but<br>
> not gui.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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