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FeDiX 91

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Registered: 2010-09-01

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[SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

I've just tried to install chromium, but the program doesn't start.

From terminal I recieve this:

[7183:7183:4023157347:FATAL:chrome/browser/browser_main.cc(537)] Check failed: profile. Cannot get default profile.
Abortito

trying as root:

[federico@giunta-desktop ~]$ su
Password: 
[root@giunta-desktop federico]# chromium
No protocol specified

(chromium:7209): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

How can I fix this problem?

Last edited by FeDiX 91 (2010-09-02 16:47:46)

FeDiX 91

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Registered: 2010-09-01

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

i found a sort of fix to this problem, but I have to repeat it ever time i launch the app...

This is the link: [lnk]http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-166863.html[/lnk]

another question which han nothing to do whith this... are there some shortcuts in this site for html codes? thanks

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

Posts: 3,059

Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

are there some shortcuts in this site for html codes? thanks

You can use BBCode in your posts:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/help.php#bbcode

FeDiX 91

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Registered: 2010-09-01

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Those where the one I already used, but this terrible problem remains, every time I want to start chromium I have to open a terminal, insert various codes, and so on, and doing it every time is orrible.
And there is another thing: this method makes me open the program as root, so that every file I save or download will become protected, and i won't be able to open it unless I am root. and that is really annoying!
Please help me!

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Have you tried deleting the ~/.config/chromium/ folder and then starting Chromium?

Also if you're using Chromium from the extra repo, maybe try one from the AUR.

flamelab

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Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

i found a sort of fix to this problem, but I have to repeat it ever time i launch the app...

This is the link: [lnk]http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-166863.html[/lnk]

another question which han nothing to do whith this... are there some shortcuts in this site for html codes? thanks

Using xhost+ creates automatically a security problem for Xorg, do NOT do that.

cantabile

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Registered: 2010-06-29

Posts: 37

Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

From terminal I recieve this:

[7183:7183:4023157347:FATAL:chrome/browser/browser_main.cc(537)] Check failed: profile. Cannot get default profile.
Abortito

Have you tried the fix here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chromium#Problems ?

Also, don't run your browser(s) as root.

FeDiX 91

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Registered: 2010-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Chromuim: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Yeah! thanks, it worded! Thanks