Thanks Lennart. I did run avahi-discover as a regular user and I still get the following error:
/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/avahi/SimpleGladeApp.py:335:GtkWarning:gdk_window_set_keep_above: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed Any ideas? Thanks Amba On Dec 22, 2007 2:58 PM, Lennart Poettering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20.12.07 16:45, Amba Giri ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi > > Hi! > > > After I install avahi-discover and run it, I get the following error > msg: > > > > File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/gtk_2.0/gtk/__init__.py > > line 45, in ? > > from _gtk import * > > RunTime Error: coud not open display > > > > I am running as root and I have set the DISPLAY variable but the error > stil > > occurs. > > Most likely the error you are experiencing happens exactly because you > run the script as root and the root user doesn't know the X11 > authentication cookie. Please note that this is in no way Avahi error, > this happens to all X programs if you call them like that. > > There's no reason to run avahi-discover as root. Just run it as normal > user and everything should work fine. > > Alternatively open up your X11 display for everyone by entering > "xhost +" on some (non-root) terminal on your X session. > > Lennart > > -- > Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. > lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 > http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 > _______________________________________________ > avahi mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/avahi >
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