Re: cannot connect to X server from a sudo-ed program

["Darth Android" <darthandroid@xxxxxxxxx>]

try "xauth merge ~youruser/.Xauthority" as root before sudoing. not sure how secure it is, but it allows root to access the X server when your user is currently using it.

On 8/3/06, Michel D'HOOGE <list.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello

My problem is very specific but I guess the answer must be generic :-)

So: I use aptitude to manage my debian packages and I configured debconf to
use KDE as its front-end. If I "sudo dpkg-reconfigure" a package from a
Konsole, KDE dialogs appear normally. However, during an upgrade within
aptitude (started as a normal used and sudo-ed when asked), debconf complains
that it can't access the X server.

Any idea on how to solve this? Thanks
--
Michel


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