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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 807

X crashed, cannot open display in screen session for X apps

I had X crash and logged back in, and now in my screen session I can't open any apps that use X, ie.,:

~/.fluxbox # gedit keys
cannot open display: 
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.
~/.fluxbox #

Must I start a new screen to have it work again or can be fixed within current screen? Thanks for any help!

Mazon

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Registered: 2008-08-10

Posts: 12

Re: X crashed, cannot open display in screen session for X apps

you have to have x running.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 807

Re: X crashed, cannot open display in screen session for X apps

I do I logged back in to flux.

nogoma

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From: Cranston, RI

Registered: 2006-03-01

Posts: 217

Re: X crashed, cannot open display in screen session for X apps

Looks like your DISPLAY variable isn't set? What does

$ echo $DISPLAY

show? If nothing, try the following in your screen session (you may have to do this for each shell within screen that you're running):

$ export DISPLAY=":0"

(assuming that it is DISPLAY 0, which is the default)

Last edited by nogoma (2008-08-12 17:17:54)

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