Iván Alemán wrote:
try as a root:
# xhost +
then
# synaptic &
Iván
... Then, if that works, you can look into the xhost program's man page
to see how to use it to allow the specific user ID you need to open
consoles on your display. I did something like this a while back to
allow me to open a Sybase server configuration tool (which runs as user
sybase) on my display (when I was logged in as a different user). Using
xhost it was possible to configure only the sybase user, in addition to
the user I was logged in as, to open windows on my X client. The
important point here is that xhost + will allow ANYONE from ANYWHERE who
can reach your computer to open a window on your machine -- not really
all that serious you might think since they can't see the output since
they are opening on your screen not theirs, but could still consitute a
denial of service attack -- forcing you to shut down your computer or
disable xhost services and in the process losing useful capabilities...
So xhost + will get it working but leave your system vulnerable -- once
that is shown to work and we know we are barking up the right tree, you
can tweak xhost's parameters to allow only the required user from the
required machine (the same machine or another on your network) which is
less vulnerable to external attack.
I BELIEVE but could be wrong, that even root isn't automatically allowed
to open a window on an X client owned by another user. Mentioned that
since I note you are using sudo below.
Mark
PS Ivan -- please don't top post.
On 2/8/06, *Rodney D. Myers* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I'm running debain sarge on my laptop. After I got out of hispital, I
ran upgrate/upgrade, but did not pay any attention to what was being
upgraded.
Now when I try to run "sudo synaptic:, I keep getting this error;
sudo synaptic
(synaptic:22313): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
I've even tried ssh'ing into this laptop, yet I get this same error
message.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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