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Hello world! I am trying to be able to open programs from the command-line (console), but it tells me that I need to specify the display. The way I always ...
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  1. 08-03-2012 #1
    Vampire5
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    Question Specifying displays

    Hello world!
    I am trying to be able to open programs from the command-line (console), but it tells me that I need to specify the display. The way I always thought you did that was as following:
    Code:
    $ ./firefox -display=:0
    Does anyone have any suggestions?
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  2. 08-04-2012 #2
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    Different progams use different syntax for specifing a display, but a universial way to do it is to set the environment var $DISPLAY before running the program:

    export DISPLAY=:0
    ./firefox

    will work. Keep in mind the same user must own the :0 display and run the program. Running the command as root also works, but is not recommended, of course.
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