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Cannot connect to X server
Posted: 5. Feb 2016, 11:20
by iceblizzz
i'm installed virtualbox on ubuntu server 15.04.
When i try to satart it with sudo virtualbox it says Qt WARNING: Virtualbox: cannot connect to X server
any way to fix this?
Thanks in advance
Re: Cannot connect to X server
Posted: 5. Feb 2016, 12:28
by socratis
I'm not sure, but, why do you need 'sudo'? AFAIK, VirtualBox was designed to run in userspace, not in admin space.
Re: Cannot connect to X server
Posted: 5. Feb 2016, 16:23
by iceblizzz
Still without the sudo it's not working still the same error
Re: Cannot connect to X server
Posted: 5. Feb 2016, 18:42
by socratis
iceblizzz wrote:ubuntu server 15.04.
iceblizzz wrote:cannot connect to X server
I just noticed that you were running this on the Ubuntu server edition. Do you actually have the X-server installed?