fluxbox

[Loïc Grenié]

2008/11/29 Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net>:
> Donny George wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>> > If you see /usr/bin/X running, try to switch to the desktop with
>> > CTRL-ALT-F7. If you are still at the command line you can't start
>> > programs like mozilla because those programs should be started from
>> > the desktop not from the command line.
>>
>> -- i installed an ubuntu 8.04 server edition and installed fluxbox from
>> the command line. the fluxbox functions perfectly well. i have issues
>> with displays other applications like mozilla which i have already
>> installed and when i try to open it frmo command line it says
>> Error: no display specified
>
> If you know fluxbox functions well, why do you try to start mozilla from
> the command line? Like I wrote before: you can't start mozilla from the
> command line. That's the reason why you see the "Error: no display
> specified". Well, actually it IS possible but it isn't useful because you
> have to switch to the desktop anyway if you want to use mozilla. Switch
> to the desktop with the key CTRL-ALT-F7 and start from there. Right click
> somewhere on the desktop to get a menu to select the application you want
> to run.

    What "command line" are you talking about ? If it is a command-line inside
  an Xterm, Konsole, Console or whatever running under fluxbox, you should
  not have any problem. If the command-line is a console (obtained by
  Ctrl-Alt-F1) then the DISPLAY variable is not set. You can start firefox in
  that case by

DISPLAY=:0 firefox -p

  or

export DISPLAY=:0
firefox -p

       Hope this helps,

            Loïc