On 02/20/2011 11:43 AM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
>> >  from the debian menu, clicking synaptic does nothing.
>>      
> try this:
>
> $ xhost +
> $ su
> # synaptic
>
>    
# xhost +
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyxhost:  unable to open display ":1.0"
#

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Paul Cartwright