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 10:42:12 +0100
Thanks, Brian, with Ben's checklist I found a DISPLAY variable set
in my .bash_profile. I needed it once under Tiger and forgot about
it because of everything worked and nothing broke.
I removed the "export DISPLAY" and now Leopard behaves as expected.
Eric
Am Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:24:31 -0500 schrieb Brian Campbell:
> Try the checklist that Ben Byer posted to see if DISPLAY is set:
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/X11-users/2007/Nov/msg00481.html
>
> The relevant lines would be:
>
> $ grep DISPLAY ~/.*rc ~/.login ~/.*profile
> ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist 2>/dev/null
> $ grep -r DISPLAY /opt/local/etc /sw/etc /etc 2>/dev/null
>
> On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:05 AM, Eric Hoch wrote:
>
>> 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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