Re: problems with gtk

"Mark Duling" <[email protected]> Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:57:03 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Tia <[email protected]> writes:
>I just started to discover Darwin Ports, I had used Linux before i =20
>passed to Mac Os X so i'm excited by the fact that i can use the =20
>'old' apps i knew.
>In particular i'm interested in the use of bluefish.
>I installed darwin Ports and then i installed, for example, bzflag; =20
>everything gone right.
>When i try to install bluefish (or cannonsmash, and so everything =20
>that makes use of gtk ) i receive this kind of error:
>
>powerbook-g4-15-di-mattia-macaluso:~ tia$ bluefish
>
>(bluefish:11670): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
>
>Then i'm moved to my prompt.
>What's the problem? what can i do?

You must set the line:

export DISPLAY=3D:0

in your environment and start X11 before launching your X11 app.  Here's =
a
page I have describing the whole MacPorts, X11, and shell setup.

http://homepage.mac.com/duling/halfdozen/DP-XWin-Howto.html

Mark


Start up the X11