XFree86 4.2 update howto?

[Haralambos Geortgilakis <haralambos@ihug.co.nz>]

Hi All,

I am new to Debian & am trying to figure out a few things.

How do I solve the folloing error message?

<snip>
(none):/home/haralambos# ./synaptic
bash: ./synaptic: No such file or directory
(none):/home/haralambos# synaptic
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
synaptic:could not open display
(none):/home/haralambos#
<snip>

Secondly, what is the easiest way to point Synaptic to a local Debian 
mirror & download/install it?

*TIA* & *BFN*

Greek Geek  :-)


This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists, and not enough 
hunchbacks.