Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:15:41 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Lisandro Grullon <lisandrogrullon07@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Are you guys using xcdroast? Message-ID: <20070920200903.F87683@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY116-W35613157823322B35C06C5A9BA0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY116-W7FD6B7D82F7DFEA26B37EA9B90@phx.gbl> <46F22296.1080502@pacific.net.sg> <BAY116-W35613157823322B35C06C5A9BA0@phx.gbl>
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Lisandro Grullon wrote: >>> (xcdroast:20529): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: > I do understand that this is an X aplication, I am trying to run it in > 6.2_release using Xorg 7.2 and Gnome2, still giving me that strange > error when I try to execute from the shell as root, I try google at it > and nothing shows up for it. Any ideas what might be happening? No DISPLAY variable set for root, which has its own environment. Try this: log in to X as your normal user xhost +localhost su - setenv DISPLAY :0.0 xcdroast -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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