We're running Ubuntu 10.4 on our server. When I ssh there, I can open xclock and emacs and the GUI appears on my desktop.But when I try to open evince, I get the following error:$ evince X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display:$ echo $DISPL ...
I've tried searching the forums for a solution to my issue. I've found several different posts with the same problem. Even ones that managed to find a solution. Unfortunatly, I'm a beginer in Linux and didn't understand the solutions suggested. I was hoping for more detailed help.I've installed the ...
I installed Xming on my Windows PC. Xming.exe :0 -clipboard -multiwindowPuttyEnable X11 forwarding - checkedX display location - localhost:0Connect to Ubuntu via putty - root@Ubuntu-804-hardy-LTS-32-minimal:~# export DISPLAY=:0root@Ubuntu-804-hardy-LTS-32-minimal:~# firefoxError: cannot open display ...
I'm on Ubuntu 9.04, and trying to use nvidia-settings from the command line to monitor the temperature of the graphics card:nvidia-settings -c :0 -q GPUCoreTempAttribute 'GPUCoreTemp' (jf-server:0.0): 54.'GPUCoreTemp' is an integer attribute....This works when I run it myself.But when I try to run i ...
When I become root and try to run gedit, I get the error:No protocol specified(gedit:2198): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0This does not happen from my user profile....xhost + actually solves the issue....so I guess I just need to add the host root to the list of hosts allowed to access th ...
Hello, for awhile I have had this issue with the command line and every time I try to complete any command that requires GTK graphics, It always returns the error "Error: cannot open display: 0:" The "EXPORT display" command that I normally use to fix this issue is not working. T ...
I've been getting the following error for the past week now, running Ubuntu 5.10.Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0I keep seeing (form googling) the same replies to this problem, where someone will suggest running "xhost +", or that it's a problem when ssh'ing into a remote server a ...
I used to run applications such as gedit as a different user by using the commandgksudo -u username geditwithout any problem. After installing lamp on Ubuntu 11.04 64bit this command line results now in the following error message:cannot open display::0.0other programmes like gnucash show the follow ...
So I am working on getting my ssh up and running. I have a server box at home with ubuntu desktop 9.04 running, and I am accessing it via ssh on a remote computer with vista.I'm trying to get X11 up and running, and I get the following messages when logged into my ubuntu machine...named server.nate@ ...
Guys ... I'm not a newbie, been playing this X stuff since almost 20 years, but this is really driving me nuts and I know it must be trivial, but can't find a way out.I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy and cannot (since a few days) use my display as an X server for remote clients.When I first installed Ubuntu ...
I downloaded Open Office from one of their mirror sites and when I try to open the tar file with the following command;tar xf OOo_1.0.3.1_LinuxIntel_install.tarI receive the following message;tar: cannot open: OOo_1.0.3.1_LinuxIntel_install.tarWhen I use this command;"tar -zxvf [tarball name] ...
Please help to solve the problem of x display, thanks a lot!$DISPLAY=localhost:0.0; export DISPLAY$xhost +skyxhost: unable to open display "localhost:0.0"$xclockError: Can't open display: localhost:0.0Vivia/en ...
I think something is wrong configured with x-windows. Running several applications all of them return "diplay" error. For example running: "xcalc" (without quotes) I got error:Error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0I was trying to set display variable:export DISPLAY=my_ip_adress ...
i m facing this problem i.exhost: unable to open display "10...*:0.0"first time i did the same steps & i had installed the oracle 10g on rhel 5 successfully..but this time above problem persists...................one more thing i hv doubt regarding this ......i am following oracle-base url http: ...
OK, I'm going crazy! I buy a Brand spank in new Dell computer and I can't watch DVD's. I know. I know. Everyone has heard this one before. Am I right? So I do Lots of research on the problem and cant find anything so here I am pulled over and asking (begging) for directions.This is what I have done ...
I tried posting this in the Absolute Beginner forums, with no luck, so I thought I'd try here.I'm having difficulties starting Ubuntu Intrepid on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop. Everything goes normally until it comes time for Gnome to start. Instead of a Gnome login screen, I just get a text login prompt ...
I am accessing a remote server using telnet.But i am not able to use gui applications.whenever i give "gedit" command it gives me error as:"Gtk Warning *** cannot open display"xhost + also gives error: unable to open display localhostIP:0.0echo $DISPLAY is showing the IP of local ...
When I booted I would just go into the command prompt instead of gnome, I would say that there was no resume image and I found the solution on the forums. However the instructions were to add the Busid of each of my graphics cards by running lspci and then editing xorg.conf and adding in the Busid.I ...
I type in "gksudo nautilus" and get the following back:No protocol specified(gksudo:5142): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0Any ideas? ...
Title = problem on my machine.I went to http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-166863.html and rooted around there. I did the xauth adding part.Didn't seem to work!I then went to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/gtk-warning-cannot-open-display-182090/I tried to add users usi ...
"sudo gvim" is ok on a non-root shell.$ sudo gvim /etc/fstab[sudo] password for ts:However, "E233: cannot open display" error appears when starting gvim on ubuntu 8.04 root shell.# DISPLAY=localhost:0.0# xclockError: Can't open display: localhost:0.0# gvim /etc/fstabE233: cannot ...
I want to modify /etc/acpi/video_brightnessdown.sh to call xbacklightI have usedxbacklight -display 0:0 -set 50 but in /var/log/acpid I see an error messageNo protocol specified. Cannot open display "0:0"I know the syntax is correct. Why can acpid not run this? ...
If you get this error when usingrich@blackbox:~$ ssh -X 1.161rich@1.161's password: Linux storage2 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 17:53:40 UTC 2008 x86_64The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;the exact distribution terms for each program are described in theindividual f ...
I have a little application here that tries to open a browser, it fails giving this output:(mozilla-bin:19072): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:find: /home/yanik/.mozilla: Permission deniedXlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by serverXlib: No protocol specifiedAny ideas? I'd really like ...
I'm trying to get my bluetooth networking happening with my install of Ubuntu Feisty. when I click on the Bluetooth File Sharing panel under accessories nothing happens. I tried using the command gnome-obex-server in the terminal and got the following reply.(gnome-obex-server:10551): Gtk-WARNING **: ...
I have dapper server installed. Gnome or Kde is not installed GTK is installed. When i SSh to the server ssh -CXl username hostname. I log in and try to run a gtk based app that I want to display on my remote machine i get Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: On other dapper remote hosts i do not ge ...
I wanted to play a prank on my sister it didn't work and I thought I'd just ask why not. On my local machine I typefind / | zenity --progress --pulsate --text "Erasing hard drive - please wait"it works, and I get a pulsating dialogue box, the hard drive is using "Find" and so it' ...
I just installed recommended driver for nvidia graphics card. On restart, after login, screen goes blank and monitor gives message "frequency out of range". I understand I need to change ther horizsync and vertrefresh but on entering command "gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf" Iget ...
Im just simply wanting to install some drivers for my radeon 9200 using this guide " http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Hardy_Installation_Guide " but when i get the the part where i need to edit xorg.conf file ill get thissudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.confNo protocol specifiedcannot open ...
I'm sorta new to ubuntu and linux so sorry if this a stupid question.When I first installed (yesterday), I was able to do stuff at the command line like "sudo gedit filename" but now whenever I type it in, all I get issudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.confcannot open display: (null)Run 'gedit --hel ...
I've just finished installing Ubuntu on VMware workstation, the installation went fine but when i log in it doesn't start the gui mode because of some problems with the xorg.conf, so, in command line mode i try to edit the xorg.conf file to see what's wrong but when i type sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.c ...
When trying to edit files the files won't open.1) Gnome Terminal .... sudo -i 2) Terminal prompt changes to Hostname: ~ #3) pwd and confirm being in ROOT. 4) gedit /etc/resolv.conf5) Message: (gedit:3200): GTK-Warning **: Cannot open display:Can somebody help me with this problem. ...
I am trying to run MySQL-Admin on a Ubuntu 7.04 server. I think I have successfully installed the package, but when I try to run mysql-admin, I get (mysql-admin:10441): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I have tried running mysql-admin as both the only user on the system, root, and sudo. Thank yo ...
I am using SLES 10 SP3(x86_64).I was trying to install gtk/wxwidget through yast.After that i rebooted my system, now system is failing to load in GUI mode.If i can give the log of last few lines are as follows"Starting CRON daemon doneMaster Resource Control: runlevel 5 has been reachedskipped ...
I'm having difficulties starting Ubuntu Intrepid on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop. Everything goes normally until it comes time for Gnome to start. Instead of a Gnome login screen, I just get a text login prompt on tt1. If I press Ctrl-Alt-F7, it just displays a black screen. When I try to start gnome-se ...
i'm trying to use a remote desktop through ssh but every time i try to use gedit the terminal tells megedit Ucannot open display: Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.how can i fix this problem? ...
So I was tweaking around with stuff and was trying to disable app armor like I had successfully done on another machine.Upon reboot it would hang.I booted into recovery mood and reinstalled apparmor via the CLI.It rebooted to login but it was asking for my password (previous set to auto login) and e ...
I keep getting this error on a new install:Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open displayAny ideas how to get past this? ...
- I am attempting to edit my xorg.conf.new that I had to generate to try to fix some screen resolution issues. Whenever I try however I get a 'Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:' error. Any ideas how I can get around this? I am running 9.10. ...
I'm trying to follow this tutorial (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX#Installing%20the%20FreeNX%20server%20on%20o lder%20Ubuntu%20Versions) on installing FreeNX Server on my Ubuntu Server 9.04 64-Bit. I am following the part where it says "Installation for older Ubuntu versions" bec ...
Hello! Was playing with gedit in a terminal session. Went to Ctrl-Alt-F1 and logged in as me (not su). Typed gedit test.txt and somehow there was an ' added after the .txt through a slip of the finger. Now test.txt was an empty file I had created with "touch". What I saw was a single > ...
This is driving me nuts!!Get 'cannot open display' for EVERYTHING when I'm using a hotel WiFi connection. If I disable the network I can launch a program, I can browse, use Pidgin etc., but can't launch a single thing.This isn't a problem when I'm at home on either a wired or wireless network. Using ...
I am getting the same error from Gparted, whether using the LiveCD or the System Rescue CD...Gtk - Warning **: cannot open displayAnyone care to chime in on this one? This passed ridiculous a couple of days ago and is headed off into Twilight Zone turf.Trying to get the sound card to work, somewhere ...
Hi, I've installed ubuntu but when it loads I get a black screen. The most common solution to a problem is to use the following command sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorgHowever when I do it, after I configure the keyboard layout the thing spits out this error message without even letting me to chan ...
I use Ubuntu 8.04 as a guest OS through Sun's VirtualBox with Windows Vista Business as host OS. I tried to alter the max resolution through adding the virtualbox additions and installing the .run driver found on the site of ati. Then I tried with the virtualbox manager. Why do I tell all of this, i ...
Something I found after searching for a while, and figured it would be useful to someone in future.If you are trying to switch your current user from the terminal using su -, you may encounter errors like:"E233: cannot open display""No protocol specified""Cannot open display ...
Using Intrepid, every time I connect to a hotel WiFi hotspot I cannot launch any programs and am presented with the message 'Cannot open display' if I try to run from terminal. The only way for me to launch anything is to disable the wireless network, start the program, then re-enable the network. T ...
everyone, first of all applogies, I'm a complete noob when it comes to linux andf therefore ubuntu. I have installed ubuntu server 9.10 and trying to work my way throught the terminal commands.I have installed lamp-server and phpmyadmin, also gedit and gedit-plugins. However whenever I run this comm ...
Hello, I've an Ubuntu 8.04 Jeos server.I try to get running "Jchav". http://jchav.blogspot.com/But, jchav give me this error:(.:4074): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: I think because a server haven't a "gui", but I try to install xorg and some libgtk, but nothing, the error ...
I´m new is this world of UNIX-UBUNTU SERVER, and i trying to install the MAGENTO ICOMMERCE so when i executed the following command:sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/defaultthis is the error that i received(gedit:8292): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:Pls i really apreciate if somebody ca ...