Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:33:55 -0500 From: zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphical Linux app on FreeBSD Message-ID: <54E69D13.7000200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150219205247.17861nw45qwx2t6s@webmail.raad.tartu.ee> References: <20150219205247.17861nw45qwx2t6s@webmail.raad.tartu.ee>
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On 02/19/2015 01:52 PM, Toomas Aas wrote: > Hello! > > I am trying to run a Linux binary on my FreeBSD system using the Linux > compatibility layer. This is a GUI application. I tried to run it as > regular user and as root, but each time I encounter different error > message: > > $ ./the_linux_binary > XOpenIM() failed I'd suggest getting strace (or truss, or whatever the right system call tracing utility should be used) on the binary and see what/where it's actually failing. > Abort (core dumped) > $ su > Password: > root@mypc:/home/toomas/tmp # ./the_linux_binary > No protocol specified > Can't open display: :0.0 clearly this is a display problem; you could do something like setup ssh keys to allow root (or live more dangerously and login directly as root) and use ssh -X to have the display set [or dig into what you'd need to do to open up your xwindow security - e.g. xhost + before su] I dunno about the rest of what you're trying show, just a couple suggestions for finding more places to dig in/work around your existing woes. --=20 public gpg key id: AE60F64C
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