[svlug] couldn't connect to display ":0.0"

[Erik Steffl]

skip evans wrote:
> couldn't connect to display ":0.0"
...
> It also said to try:
> xhost + as root, but that didn't work either.

   you'd have to run xhost + as a user that can use the display, not as 
root.

   it's not recommened though, use (as root) xauth merge 
~user/.Xauthority (where user is the username of the user that runs X, 
~user is shortcut for home directory of given user).