Niels Larsen wrote: > I am using debian sarge. > > When I try to run: "sudo synaptic" I get the below warning. > > (synaptic:4338): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > > I have to my ~/.bash_profile file added following, according to advice from > some mailing list, but it does not help: > > if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]]; then > export DISPLAY=:0.0 > fi > If sudo is properly set up, you should not need this if statement in your .bash_profile.
So I guess my first question is how do you have your user set up in /etc/sudoers? Alternatively, you might want to use "sux" rather than "sudo". -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
