Error while launching xampp [Unknown Error couldn't connect to display "desktop:0"]

Question

Recently I upgraded to ubuntu 17.10, now whenever I try to launch xampp it gives error:

Initially error was:

Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: cannot open display ':0'

After this I ran:

export DISPLAY=desktop:0

Error:

Unknown Error couldn't connect to display "desktop:0"

Later on tried this:

export DISPLAY=0:0

Error:

Unknown Error couldn't connect to display "0:0

NOTE: It is showing single line error as posted above.

Initially the error was : Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: cannot open display ':0' and without reading much I ran : " export DISPLAY=desktop:0 " — neferpitou, Oct 21 '17 at 18:19
it is giving : Unknown Error couldn't connect to display "0:0" — neferpitou, Oct 21 '17 at 19:26
If you are running wayland , wayland does not support the Display environmental variable. I am not familiar with xampp you may need to file a bug report — Panther, Oct 21 '17 at 19:32

neferpitou · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-27T18:07:31.430

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use xhost + in /opt/lampp or in the installed directory
This should solve it.

edited Jan 27 '19 at 18:07

answered Oct 22 '17 at 12:45

neferpitou

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