figured out xhost +local was not the command.
after running xhost +MyHostname
sudo synaptic [sudo] password for tom: No protocol specified Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(synaptic:5993): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
figured out xhost +local was not the command.
after running xhost +MyHostname
sudo synaptic
[sudo] password for tom:
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(synaptic:5993): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0