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cannot connect to X server

Hello I try to build my docker image it requires X server (can be dummy X server) to build so when I build It gives

cannot connect to X server

when I try 

xhost local:root

I get error

unable to open display ":1"

I tried to make it work using xterm and xvfb like

Xvfb :1 -screen 0 1600x1200x24

but then the terminal freezes

although it is installed

 

Thanks for any help !

 

 

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I found the solution that seem to work well

sudo chown -R $USER /usr/share/X11

sudo chmod -R ugo+rwx /usr/share/X11

sudo chown -R $USER /etc/X11

sudo chmod -R ugo+rwx /etc/X11

 

sudo chown -R $USER /tmp/

sudo chmod -R ugo+rwx /tmp/

 

sudo chown -R $USER /dev/tty0

sudo chmod -R ugo+rwx /dev/tty0

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