diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 13b764c..74ad405 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ get_graphics_card_data()
 ## create array of glx data
 get_graphics_glx_data()
 {
-	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
 		IFS=$'\n'
 		# A_GLX_DATA=( $( glxinfo | gawk -F ': ' '
 		# A_GLX_DATA=( $( cat ../../modules/data/glxinfo-atom-1r | gawk -F ': ' '
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ get_graphics_x_data()
 {
 	local x_vendor='' x_version=''
 
-	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' ]];then
+	if [[ $B_X_RUNNING == 'true' && $B_ROOT != 'true' ]];then
 		# X vendor and version detection.
 		x_vendor=$( xdpyinfo | gawk -F': +' '
 		BEGIN {