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I am sure there are many who have this same problem. Not being able to run X programs as root because you don't have authority to use X server.
There are always many suggestions regarding the xhost + commands but there is an easier way to get around this (works every time for me)
Run the program as your normal user like so
You then give root password and away you go

lakerdonald

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If you have the GNU Network Object Model Environment installed, use:

valan

If you are in a root shell already and the X credentials weren't transferred over, then you can use the $DISPLAY variable to tell it where your X server is running:

DISPLAY=unix:0.0
or
DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0

The unix one may be a little faster if your kernel supports it.