Am Sonntag, 20. Februar 2011 schrieb Paul Cartwright:
> On 02/20/2011 01:58 PM, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > oh, i overlooked that tart with ":1.0". try this:
> >
> > $ xhost +
> > $ su
> > # DISPLAY=:0 synaptic
>
> # DISPLAY=:0 synaptic
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> (synaptic:10481): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
>
> maybe I should reinstall synaptic..

sorry, forget the last mail, you'r sitting in front of the box, so it's 
easier:

$ echo $DISPLAY

this gives a thing like ":0" or something

# DISPLAY=<that thing you got> synaptic


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