John Hunter [Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 10:34:39AM -0500]: > Typically when I log in to the server from a local machine w/o X, eg a > win32 machine over putty, and try to import gtk, I get the exception > "RuntimeError: could not open display". I'm wondering if there is > anyway to use gtk in display-less mode.
AFAIK GTK has been ported to framebuffer Linux console, Berlin window system and even a text terminals (via ncurses library), so there are plenty of options, depending on what do you mean by "display". The easiest one IMVHO would be to run it on Xvfb "display" - or use Xvnc server. You can still set DISPLAY variable to :0.0 and try disturbing the local X user, if your host doesn't have enough secure settings ;) Or, install Cygwin's XFree86 on your Windows machine, or other Xservers, or ... Regards, -- Michal Pasternak :: http://pasternak.w.lub.pl "unhelpfull channel isn't it :) but yeah it's all in the docs" -- elhim on #wxwindows _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
