Re: [gentoo-user] java.awt.AWTError

[Alec Ten Harmsel]

On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 12:44:19PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when emerging sci-geosciences/josm- I get a Java error :
> 
> 
> java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the value 
> of the DISPLAY variable.
> 
> 
> This is on a local machine using DISPLAY :0
> 
> Would anybody please shed some light on this error.
> 
> (Emerge version 9060 proceeds just fine)
> 
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut
> 

Sadly, I won't be a whole lot of help. I am experiencing the same thing,
but when I build josm by hand in a docker container or on a headless
server without X installed I can't reproduce this. I think it is a
problem in portage with the environment.

For now, I would recommend checking it out and building by hand.

Alec

Re: [gentoo-user] java.awt.AWTError

[Neil Bothwick]

On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:44:19 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:

> when emerging sci-geosciences/josm- I get a Java error :
> 
> 
> java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the
> value of the DISPLAY variable.

Probably because you are running as root and the display is not available.

If you use su, try sux instead, it's a wrapper for su that makes running
X programs easier.

If you're using sudo, try sudo -E.


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Neil Bothwick

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