On 2022-01-28 at 16:34:29 UTC-0500 (Sat, 29 Jan 2022 08:34:29 +1100
(EST))
Dave Horsfall <d...@horsfall.org>
is rumored to have said:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010), saddled with High Sierra 10.13.6 (as
far
as it will go).
Back when I was running Sierra these tools worked just fine; after
upgrading to HS (and rebuilding MacPorts that took almost a day)
things
went pear-shaped:
mackie:~ dave$ xv
xv: Can't open display
mackie:~ dave$ gimp
Cannot open display:
mackie:~ dave$ echo $DISPLAY
mackie:~ dave$
Is this something I forgot to do during the upgrade?
Did you reinstall the X server? I believe that you need to. Specifically
the xorg-server and xinit ports.
I set $DISPLAY to
":0" (an old Unix trick) to no effect, so I guess it's using a named
pipe
instead but I cannot find it; poking around doesn't seem to uncover
anything applicable to this, and I certainly won't trust any "advice"
on
StackOverflow.
Properly installed, it Just Works. At least after a logout/login cycle.
If it is correct, you will have a DISPLAY of the form:
/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.<RANDOMCHARS>/org.macports:0
To get that, you need the xinit port.
--
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