Re: X host will not connect

2011-06-10 Thread Mark Panen
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Peter Wiersig wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:11:09 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: >> >> "synaptic >> X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. >> >> (synaptic:12730): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0" > > Try "ln -sf /home/mark/.Xauth

Re: X host will not connect

2011-06-10 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:11:09 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > > "synaptic > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > > (synaptic:12730): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0" Try "ln -sf /home/mark/.Xauthority /root/" as root if mark is the user logged in via ssh -X.

X host will not connect

2011-06-09 Thread Mark Panen
Hi When i ssh into my Debian 6 machine and run synaptic as root, i get: "synaptic X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. (synaptic:12730): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0" i have also tried ssh -X mark@192.168.1.103 then su - to root this used to work on