On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 08:39:35PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:57:30AM -0400, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > > On 6/20/23 10:51, gene heskett wrote: > > > Easy: > > > gene@coyote:~/Pictures$ sudo synaptic > > > [sudo] password for gene: > > > Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: > > > Connection refused > > > Failed to initialize GTK. > > > [...] > > > > So perhaps copy that cookie into /root/?: > > Please do not encourage Gene's fetish of running GUI apps as root.
I clearly recommend against that. That said, we do free software for a reason. In my view, the user should have the last say. For me, that is non-negociable :-) Cheers -- t
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