cannot connect to X server from a sudo-ed program

[Darth Android]

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 at gmail.com> 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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