Attila Konietzka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 07:45:46PM +0200, Mario Lang wrote: >> Attila Konietzka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > # apt-get install gnome-core gnopernicus, >> > >> > but still it isn't enough, i get errors like this: >> > gtk+-warning: can't open display. >> >> When do you get this error message? It sort of looks to me as if you >> were trying to start gnopernicus from the normal (console) command line? >> You need to start up GNOME, before you will be able to use the Gnopernicus >> screen reader. This also involves configuring a working X Windows System. > > Well now i got x windows up and running and it seems to me that with alt+f7 > i change to the gdm-provided screen, but naturally i have no control after > start until i press alt+ctrl+f1 for example, than i can login and type: > # gnopernicus > and still there are the same errors, allthough gdm is running in the > background, and every time i switch to alt+f7 i hear my monitor clicking so it > seems to me that whatever is running there is changing colors and > resolutions and brightness somehow .
>From your description it seems you did not set the $DISPLAY variable correctly. Normal consoles do not have the DISPLAY variable set, since they are not opened from within X Windows. You should probably try and do something like: # export DISPLAY=:0.0 # gnopernicus -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44
