I am trying to run a tool (custom application) built with the GTK library from 
the command line.  It works fine within X, but if I run it from cron, at, or 
ssh without X then I get this error:

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Obviously GTK is trying to open the display, even though the app has a command 
line option to run from a command prompt, and doesn't use the display when that 
option is used.

Other than modifying and recompiling the app to have it not check for a 
display, do you know of any workarounds to fool the environment into thinking 
is has what it needs?

I tried things such as:
DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/home/someuser/.Xauthority

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Scott McClelland, B.S. CIS,
CNE, MCSE, RHCT, HP APS
Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies
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