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jmak

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

Hello,

I've just installed openbox and experimenting with it. But I'am unable to run any panel. Ive already install lxpanel, fbpanel, plank, but each time I try to launch them from the terminal I get the same error massages. Firefox, leafpad, terminal, all launch properly, only the panels I can't make them run. Any idea how to solve this?

[mak@myhost ~]$ fbpanel

(fbpanel:688): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: 
[mak@myhost ~]$ 

[mak@myhost ~]$ plank
[INFO 19:09:21.484514] [AbstractMain:170] Plank version: 0.7.1
[INFO 19:09:21.484627] [AbstractMain:171] Kernel version: 3.17.6-1-ARCH
[INFO 19:09:21.484704] [AbstractMain:172] GLib version: 2.42.1
[INFO 19:09:21.484784] [AbstractMain:173] GTK+ version: 3.14.6
[INFO 19:09:21.484850] [AbstractMain:175] + HiDPI support enabled
[INFO 19:09:21.484915] [AbstractMain:177] Wnck version: 3.4.9
[INFO 19:09:21.485001] [AbstractMain:178] Cairo version: 1.14.0
[INFO 19:09:21.485081] [AbstractMain:179] Pango version: 1.36.8
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
[WARN 19:09:21.493039] [Gtk] cannot open display: 
[mak@myhost ~]$ 

Last edited by jmak (2014-12-19 00:25:02)

jmak

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Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

I found this solution on Ubuntu forum.

The only thing I had to do  put this command

export DISPLAY=:0.0

in bashrc file.

Now, my panels are up and running.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

The display should be set on its own. It's

$ echo $DISPLAY
:0

for my first X server and

$ echo $DISPLAY
:1

for the other one I'm running.
How exactly do you start X?

jmak

Member

Registered: 2008-12-21

Posts: 453

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

The display should be set on its own. It's

$ echo $DISPLAY
:0

for my first X server and

$ echo $DISPLAY
:1

for the other one I'm running.
How exactly do you start X?

I start manually,

startx

Bhall6518

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Registered: 2017-12-23

Posts: 1

Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

I know this may be a tad off topic but it helped me and if anyone else stumbles onto this I want them to know it works. If your trying to open spotify via a terminal or it just doesn't open type "sudo startx" in a terminal and it should launch a root session and from there you can open spotify. Personally i'm using Parrot OS which is based off debian but this command works.

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,426

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Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display [Solved]

There are so many things wrong with this comment:

1. It is necrobumping a solved thread: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22
2. "sudo startx" is just fucking stupid
3. ParrotOS? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … pport_ONLY

Closing

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