GTK warning:can't open display

[jayakarch]

After launching icewm,if i launch any gtk application

GTK warning:can't open display error is getting.I run commands like.X,startx.


I have modified xinitrc by adding exex icewm.


Icewm is running successfully but unable to run the simple hello-world GTK

applications.

[reed9]

What distribution are you running?

This might help.
Exporting DISPLAY in X Windows

[jayakarch]

we are using Montavista Linux on Davinci board.

[Dapper Dan]

Are you running as regular user? That GTK warning usually appears when trying to open the app as root.

[jayakarch]

yes iam running as a root.So wat 2 do??

Thannx 4 the replies

[Dapper Dan]

Have you created a regular user account? You should run apps as regular user, not as root. This is a safety measure you're running into. See this for more.

[jayakarch]

Hi ,

I am newbie to Linux.

Let me elaborate my problem.I have done "export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0",if i echo $DISPLAY,its showing the correct 127.0.0.1:0.0.

After launching X,if i run xclock/rdesktop it throws error:can't open display:127.0.0.1:0.0.

If i run the icewm,its launching properly.If i run the same xclock/rdesktop from the icewm menu,they are running properly.I got stuck at this point.

So the error is coming only when the applications are running from the unix prompt.

Pls help me in sorting out this issue.


Thanks in advance