Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:40:18 -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: <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <446A2C57.3080401@waywood.co.uk> References: <446A2C57.3080401@waywood.co.uk>
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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..? > > I have searched for this problem and found plenty of references similar > error messages, but none of it seems to apply in my case. I am not > trying to run Firefox as root, I am not doing it from a remote terminal, > I am not standing in a bucket of water, I have the computer plugged in. I think these are Good Things(tm), 'though I have been able to operate a browser whilst standing in a bucket of water. Q: Are you running an X display at the time this message is given, or are you attempting to run Firefox from the console? Kevin Kinsey -- I THINK MAN INVENTED THE CAR by instinct. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.
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