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diff --git a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
index f793c6d9..4a6184e6 100644
--- a/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ##############
 
 # this script cannot handle figuring out where it lives, so approaches that
-# get the WORKDIR will fail.  this is a consequence of this always being used
+# get the THISDIR will fail.  this is a consequence of this always being used
 # in bash's 'source' directive, which does not pass the script name as
 # argument 0.  instead, we just check for the bad condition of a malconfigured
 # script system and try to repair it.
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ if [ "$NO_REPAIRS_NEEDED" == "true" ]; then
   if [ -z "$USER" -a ! -z "$CRONUSER" ]; then
     export USER="$CRONUSER"
   fi
+
+  # use the xauth info if we were given one in the environment.
+  # this allows root or other su'd identities to create windows with same
+  # display variable.
+  if [ ! -z "$DISPLAY" -a ! -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" ]; then
+    xauth add "$IMPORTED_XAUTH"
+  fi
   
   ##############