Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:07:16 +0100 From: Barnaby Scott <bds@waywood.co.uk> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display Message-ID: <446A3F04.9090506@waywood.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz> References: <446A2C57.3080401@waywood.co.uk> <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz>
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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..? >> >> 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 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
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