Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

[Kourosh]

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 10:57, ZekeVarg wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Have just installed debian and run a dist-upgrade to sid. Now when I try
> to open a gtk based program I get this error message:
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> Any idee's on what's the problem and how to fix it?
>
> Zeke

Zeke,

IIRC, the display is not set by default for root. If you are
trying to do this as root you need to set the display manually,
or better yet, start X as a regular user, not root, and then
only use root when you absolutely have to. Of course I'm assuming
you're actually trying to use the program under X and not at the
console.

Regards
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[Greg Folkert]

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 13:57, ZekeVarg wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Have just installed debian and run a dist-upgrade to sid. Now when I try
> to open a gtk based program I get this error message:
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
> Any idee's on what's the problem and how to fix it?

Yeah... shutdown X and then restart it. If that doesn't work...

Are you using the "local Display" and running locally?
or Are you trying to spawn an X program to your local Display from a
Remote machine... with the local machine being upgraded?
or Are you trying to run locally and export remotely?

Give us some details MAN... :)
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[ZekeVarg]

I'm running X as a user. QT programs works just fine.

Zeke

> IIRC, the display is not set by default for root. If you are
> trying to do this as root you need to set the display manually,
> or better yet, start X as a regular user, not root, and then
> only use root when you absolutely have to. Of course I'm assuming
> you're actually trying to use the program under X and not at the
> console.
>
> Regards
> --
> Kourosh <debian@mindwaresystems.com>

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[ZekeVarg]

> Yeah... shutdown X and then restart it. If that doesn't work...
That helpt, thanks. I'm new to debian, used to run RedHat.

Zeke


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