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xampp giving error after update to 17.10 from 17.04

Asked by Nazish Akhtar

After update I am not able to xampp. Whenever i try to launch it gives following error:

Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyInvalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnknown Error couldn't connect to display ":0"

Even after a reinstall it gives same error.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Are there any bugs reported?

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Nazish Akhtar (neferpitou) said : 		#2

I can't find any

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

I suggest you report a bug then

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#4

Please try the workarounds involving xhost as described here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/1712089

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Nazish Akhtar (neferpitou) said : 		#5

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Nazish Akhtar (neferpitou) said : 		#6

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/xdg/autostart/xhost.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=xhost
Comment=Fix graphical root applications
Exec="xhost +si:localuser:root"
Terminal=false
Type=Application
EOF

This exactly solved my problem :)

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Nazish Akhtar (neferpitou) said : 		#7

It did solve my problem initially, but after restarting my laptop the problem came back and the provided solution does not work any more. What should I do?

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dxsuai dhxiso (jsio377) said : 		#8

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