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On Monday 26 April 2010 19:59:26 Dale wrote: |
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> walt wrote: |
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> > On 04/25/2010 09:25 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> >> Hi folks, |
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> >> |
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> >> I have had elogv and elogviewer installed for a while. I only use it |
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> >> on occasion but when I tried to use it the other day I get this |
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> >> little error message: |
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> >> |
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> >> root@smoker / # elogviewer |
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> >> No protocol specified |
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> >> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: |
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> >> GtkWarning: could not open display |
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> > |
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> > Do you have the DISPLAY variable set properly in root's environment? |
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> Apparently something got changed with a update. I tried to run hp-setup |
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> a bit ago and it failed too. It gave this error: |
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> No protocol specified |
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> hp-setup: cannot connect to X server :0.0 |
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> I'm running this in a Konsole, part of KDE, so just where would I set |
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> this up? I don't usually have to mess with it and it "just works". I'm |
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> on KDE 4.4.2. Maybe this is a "feature" of KDE4 until it gets |
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> "fixed". ;-) |
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The X server is running at Dale and you are trying to connect to it as root. |
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It (correctly) disapproves of this and is telling you so, while still |
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remaining polite. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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