Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 16:36:57 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Barnaby Scott <bds@waywood.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display Message-ID: <446A45F9.2030002@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <446A3F04.9090506@waywood.co.uk> References: <446A2C57.3080401@waywood.co.uk> <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz> <446A3F04.9090506@waywood.co.uk>
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Barnaby Scott wrote: > Kevin Kinsey wrote: >> Barnaby Scott wrote: >>> >>> (firefox-bin:582): Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display >>> >> >> Q: Are you running an X display at the time this message is given, >> or are you attempting to run Firefox from the console? >> > I have tried both. It is running from the console that gives the message > quoted - if I am running an X display at the time it fails with no > message at all. > > Barnaby Try running "firefox" from an xterm during an X session. The message given is because it's being run from outside an X session, and is therefore irrelevant, most likely. KDK -- Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity. -- Alvy Ray Smith
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