unable to open display

[Collins Richey]

On 5/11/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 May 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
> > How does one coax some #$@! software into opening an X display? Most
> > of the time, xhost + or xhost +localhost as normal user and export
> > DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 will do it, but not with the seamonkey
> > installer.
>
> Is this RH?
>
> All you should need is:
> export DISPLAY=:0
>
> what exactly is going wrong for you?
>

I tried that as well. The Seamonkley installer each time quit with a
GTK message "unable to open display." So, I punted and downloaded the
tarball that doesn't use the installer. Working fine now.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.