I can confirm the problem. changing the display variable changes the message: export DISPLAY=:0.0
On a fresh install, it worked, but then I changed from slim to wdm login manager and it stopped working. Using Xfce4 on 12.04.1 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829099 Title: synaptic-pkexec fails: cannot open display 0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/829099/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
