Re: Troubleshooting X11
Re: Troubleshooting X11
- Subject: Re: Troubleshooting X11
- From: Rick Radzville <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:37:35 -0500
- Thread-topic: Troubleshooting X11
Adam,
Many thanks for the thoughtful reply. I found a possible culprit here:
/Users/rradzville/.profile:export DISPLAY=:0.0
I tried commenting it out by putting a # in front of it, but it didn't have
any effect. :(
R/Rick
On 2/27/08 9:30 PM, "Adam Mercer" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Rick Radzville <email@hidden> wrote:
>> I installed X11 from the CD that came with my Macbook Pro, which is running
>> OS X 10.5.2. I installed MacPorts and Port Authority to run my favorite Unix
>> apps, but I'm having some problems. I dearly hope some kind soul on this
>> list can assist. Here is some relevant output from my Terminal:
>> Last login: Tue Feb 26 22:30:55 on ttys000
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ putty
>>
>> Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ echo $DISPLAY
>> :0.0
>
> Well that's one problem already, on Leopard you don't need to set
> DISPLAY. Make sure you remove any commands that set DISPLAY from your
> setup scripts. It should be of the form /tmp/launch-xxxxxx/:0
>
> This will cause X to automatically start when required.
>
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ startx
>> -bash: startx: command not found
>
> is /usr/X11/bin in your $PATH?
>
> [ram@skymoo ~]$ which startx
> /usr/X11/bin/startx
> [ram@skymoo ~]$
>
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ echo $DISPLAY
>> :0.0
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ ps -ax | grep x11
>> 9862 ttys000 0:00.00 grep x11
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ xterm
>> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ xterm &
>> [1] 13705
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0
>>
>> [1]+ Exit 1 xterm
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ grep DISPLAY
>> ~/.*rc~/.login~/.*profile~/.MacOSX/environment.plist 2>/dev/null
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ grep -r DISPLAY /opt/local/etc /etc 2>/dev/null
>> Atlantis68:~ rradzville$ grep -r DISPLAY /opt/local/etc /sw/etc /etc
>> 2>/dev/null
>
> also try looking in ~/.bash_profile
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam
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