Re: Only getting "xterm Xt error: Can't open display:" when running xterm in Terminal
Re: Only getting "xterm Xt error: Can't open display:" when running xterm in Terminal
- Subject: Re: Only getting "xterm Xt error: Can't open display:" when running xterm in Terminal
- From: Eric Hoch <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:05:06 +0100
Hi Jeremy,
when doing "echo $DISPLAY" I get
:0.0
and I don't know how to get "/tmp/launchd/:0".
It was always and still is :0.0
Do I need to reset a .plist file or something in Preferences or
another area. Any help welcomed. Thanks.
Eric
Am Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:45:22 -0800 schrieb Jeremy Huddleston:
> When you open up Terminal.app, what do you get when you do:
>
> $ echo $DISPLAY
>
> You should get something like:
> /tmp/ launchd-xxxxxx/:0
>
> where the 'xxxxxx' is not literally a bunch of x's. It's a
> series of random characters.
>
> On Nov 11, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Eric Hoch wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> as adviced here on this mailinglist I haven't set any DISPLY
>> variable nor do I have an .xinitrc that I'm aware of. Still
>> whenever I log in as non-admin or administrator open a terminal and
>> type "xterm &" in order to start an xterm and with it X11 I only
>> get the error:
>>
>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
>>
>> Manually setting the DISPLAY to "/tmp/ launchd-xxxxx/:0" didn't
>> solve the problem either instead it ends up in the error message:
>>
>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: /tmp/ launchd-xxxxx/:0
>>
>> and only with Ctrl+C I get back to a working Terminal.
>>
>> I tried unset DISPLAY but this didn't help either.
>>
>> So what's messed up. Any advice is welcomed.
>>
>> This is second Generation Mac Mini with Intel CoreDuo, Mac OS X
>> 10.5, Xquartz 1.2a8 updated via "Install and Archive" from Mac OS X
>> 10.4.10.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric Hoch
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