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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / February 2005gimp on x11 - Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display
i'm trying to run gimp from the command prompt (i tried both xterm and terminal.app -- and in both cases i had the X Server on) i still get this message "Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" i set the display to localhost in the ~/.cshrc file with setenv DISPLAY :0.0 still the same error message. help!! Harsha Gangadharbatla > i'm trying to run gimp from the command prompt (i tried both xterm and > terminal.app -- and in both cases i had the X Server on) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > help!! Are you actually using csh? The default on Mac OS X is bash. Putting that line in .cshrc won't make any difference if you're using bash.  SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ > i'm trying to run gimp from the command prompt (i tried both xterm and > terminal.app -- and in both cases i had the X Server on) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > help!! If you're using Apple's X11, try this: open-x11 gimp > > i'm trying to run gimp from the command prompt (i tried both xterm and > > terminal.app -- and in both cases i had the X Server on) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > open-x11 gimp naah, that didn't work either. the thing is i can open gimp otherwise (you know, by just clicking on the .app file from applications) it's just bothering the heck outta me that i can't open it from command prompt. must be the bash thing that tom was talking about...but that shouldn't be the case with X 11, right? thanks for your replies :) gangadharbatla > > > i'm trying to run gimp from the command prompt (i tried both xterm > and [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > prompt. must be the bash thing that tom was talking about...but that > shouldn't be the case with X 11, right? Why not? If you're running things from the command line, then your command line environment is of primary importance in determining which commands work and which ones don't. If you're not using the shell you think you're using, then DISPLAY isn't really set, and therefore attempting to use any command that needs DISPLAY will fail. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Macaroni, Automated System Maintenance for Mac OS X. Version 2.0: Delocalize, Repair Permissions, lots more. See http://www.atomicbird.com/ * Tom Harrington <tph@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net>, 2005-02-10 17:16 +0100: > > > > "Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" [...] > > > > setenv DISPLAY :0.0 [...] > > > open-x11 gimp [...] > Why not? If you're running things from the command line, then your > command line environment is of primary importance in determining which > commands work and which ones don't. If you're not using the shell you > think you're using, then DISPLAY isn't really set, and therefore > attempting to use any command that needs DISPLAY will fail. It would probably help to put create an ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist, like <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>DISPLAY</key> <string>:0.0</string> </dict> </plist> BTW, I put LC_* and PATH variables in there as well. -Andre |
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