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Hilariousity

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Registered: 2009-06-09

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(lxsession:420): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

So I haven't used Linux in some time and recently just finished installing Arch. Now I would like to use a DE instead of doing everything via the CLI. I just installed LXDE as that's the DE I used to use all the time. When I try to start LXDE via the command startlxde, I am met with an error that says

(lxsession:420): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Where should I start troubleshooting this error. I assume I need a window system like X or Weyland but I'm not quite sure where to start.

WorMzy

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Registered: 2010-06-16

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Re: (lxsession:420): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display

Get a basic X session up and running before you start messing with DEs.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit

Of course, if you want to use a wayland-capable DE (or WM), you should read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wayland

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