make xconfig & xfree???

[Robert Tilley <tilleyrw@cfl.rr.com>]

Make was issued as root.  Why can't root connect to the xserver?

root@debian-rtg:/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1# make xconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/split-include
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/docproc
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/kconfig_load.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/mconf.o
  HOSTCXX scripts/kconfig/qconf.o
  HOSTCC  -fPIC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
  HOSTLLD -shared scripts/kconfig/libkconfig.so
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/qconf
scripts/kconfig/qconf arch/i386/Kconfig
qconf: cannot connect to X server
make[1]: *** [xconfig] Error 1
make: *** [xconfig] Error 2

Any ideas welcome, Bob
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