Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display
Saifi
saifi at twincling.org
Thu May 18 05:13:12 PDT 2006
> From: Barnaby Scott <bds at waywood.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display
> Sent: 18 May '06 16:45
>
> John Nielsen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 May 2006 17:07, Barnaby Scott wrote:
> >> Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> >>> Barnaby Scott wrote:
> >>>> So, I installed Firefox from ports, having made sure everything was
> >>>> bang up to date. Evrything seemed to go perfectly well, but lo and
> >>>> behold, first attempt to use it and I get this:
> >>>>
> >>>> (firefox-bin:582): Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display
> >>>>
> >>>> What the..?
> >>>>
Hi:
You may want to check the following.
1. prompt$ xhost + (from the connecting client)
2. export DISPLAY=client-ip-address:0.0
Firefox should start if the above mentioned settings are in place.
Hope this helps.
thanks
Saifi.
TWINCLING Society, India
http://www.twincling.org/
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