[Solved] [Macbook 9,2] xrandr - "Can't open display"

DasLampe · 2012-09-25 12:14:39

Hi,

after a long time Arch Linux runs on my Macbook!

Now I need an X-Server. After a while it runs too.
But I can't load i3.

When I starting it with:
xinit i3

i3 display: "ERROR: No outputs found via RandR, disabling"

When I use xrandr in commandline, it show's:
"Can't open display"

How can I fix it?

Last edited by DasLampe (2012-09-25 19:29:51)

Trilby · 2012-09-25 12:35:41

When you say you get that error in commandline, do you mean a tty without X running? If so, that is the expected result.

Not that this is part of a solution, but it may refocus on the problem: X/i3 is failing to start properly, this may not actually be related to xrandr.

As a test, have you / can you try starting the twm session described in the beginners guide? Does that work?

Then please post your ~/.xinitrc.

DasLampe · 2012-09-25 12:53:02

Yes I can start the twm.

I have not .xinitrc
I try the xinit command on commandline. (xinit i3)

The error shows in an X Window ... it looks like an i3 window.

Trilby · 2012-09-25 13:03:14

DasLampe wrote:

I have not .xinitrc
I try the xinit command on commandline. (xinit i3)
The error shows in an X Window ... it looks like an i3 window.

There's the problem. Create an ~/.xinitrc.

DasLampe · 2012-09-25 19:28:51

Oh. xD

Thanks for helping!

Arch Linux

#1 2012-09-25 12:14:39

[Solved] [Macbook 9,2] xrandr - "Can't open display"

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