From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 16 21:08:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F33E16A860 for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 21:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bds@waywood.co.uk) Received: from lon-mail-4.gradwell.net (lon-mail-4.gradwell.net [193.111.201.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D5543D6A for ; Tue, 16 May 2006 21:07:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bds@waywood.co.uk) Received: from [84.12.167.7] ([84.12.167.7] helo=[192.168.1.4] country=GB ident=bds^pop3*waywood#co^uk) by lon-mail-4.gradwell.net with esmtpa (Gradwell gwh-smtpd 1.218) id 446a3f23.964c.59; Tue, 16 May 2006 22:07:47 +0100 (envelope-sender ) Message-ID: <446A3F04.9090506@waywood.co.uk> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:07:16 +0100 From: Barnaby Scott User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Kinsey References: <446A2C57.3080401@waywood.co.uk> <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <446A38B2.20606@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gtk-Warning **: Cannot open display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:08:08 -0000 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