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Hi, What does this message mean: '(gedit:14074): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:' I'm trying to open a text file from another computer via ssh. Is it a permission problem.. or? ...
  1. 12-18-2010 #1
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    GTK warning

    Hi,
    What does this message mean:
    '(gedit:14074): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:'
    I'm trying to open a text file from another computer via ssh.
    Is it a permission problem.. or? Thanks...Rich
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    I think you need to export the display. See if this link leads you in the right direction.
    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/des...linux-box.html
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    Export the display as mentioned above. If you can't get it to work, you can use a CLI editor such as nano, vim etc.
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