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"This application provides a method of displaying several different
types of dialog boxes from shell scripts. This allows a developer of a
script to interact with the user in a much friendlier manner."

In short, it's what dpkg uses to prompt you for configuration inputs.
I imagine you have dpkg configured to use the X frontend. Try
`dpkg-reconfigure dpkg`.

On 10/8/07, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> I was trying to install virtualbox, and I got this error message.
> e# dpkg -i virtualbox*.deb
> (Reading database ... 118122 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking virtualbox (from virtualbox_1.5.0-24069-1_Debian_etch_i386.deb) ...
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> frontend: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
> debconf: (DISPLAY problem?)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
> Setting up virtualbox (1.5.0-24069-1_Debian_etch) ...
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> frontend: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
> debconf: (DISPLAY problem?)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> what is Dialog ?
> I just installed this control panel app called debian-srv-cp . when I run it
> from root I get this:
> e# debian-srv-cp Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: No protocol specified
>
> gbx: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> ---------------------------------
> I take it this means root can run an X-windows app, but how do you fix it?
>
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