Re: [Hampshire] emacs in a root terminal.

> emacs: Cannot connect to X server :0.0.
> Check the DISPLAY environment variable or use `-d'.
> Also use the `xhost' program to verify that it is set to permit
> connections from your machine.
>
> Is there an easy fix for this please?

emacs -nw perhaps?
Sounds like your emacs (like mine) is aliased to the X-using form.