By jiteyb
I installed gnome-terminal via apt-get, its needed by my project
When I type gnome-terminal to open it, it sends an error:
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
# Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
What can I do?
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You should be able to sort the issue by running:
export DISPLAY=:0.0
before invoking the program itself.
Let me know how it goes.
Alex
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