startup x11

[Derek Atkins]

davelist at mac.com writes:

> On Jun 19, 2008, at 1:50 AM, Robbins, David G wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Mac OS X 10.3
>>
>> Loaded gnucash over the phone on my friends mac using fink.
>>
>> Couldn't start gnucash "cannot open display".
>>
>> Do I need to do something with x11?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave.
>
>
> Is X11 installed and running on that machine?
>
> I'm guessing the person executed gnucash from within Apple's terminal  
> application. I would first enter:
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
>
> and then try again.
>
> If that doesn't work, start up the X11 xterm program instead of  
> Apple's terminal application.

On 10.3 and 10.4 you need to start X11 manually and then start
gnucash.  On 10.5 Gnucash will start X11 automagically.

> HTH,
> Dave

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-derek

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