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Vlc in debian?

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Privateman

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Everytime I try to start vlc I keep getting the message "cannot open display". Anyone know what the problem is?

Ati AIW 7500 card
Duron 1.6ghz
Abit motherboard
40 gig harddrive
 
X server is the GUI, the main part of it anyways.

It is what controls things like display resolution, takes care of your keyboard and mouse input, and provides the basic functioning nessicary for you to run other gui applications (such as the Gnome panel and menus, the file managers, browsers, email clients, games, etc etc)

It goes like;
hardware --> kernel drivers --> X drivers --> X server --> Your desktop and aplications. (also called X clients)

For various reason the 'x client' vlc needs to know which display (x server) to connect to and have correct authentication. For some reason it can't find it or connect to it.

I suspect it's because your just installed vlc so your tying to run running from your root account or something like that? Try it as a regular user, or open it up through the menu.

 
x session: unable to start x session --- no "/home/***/.xession"
This is what I get when I start x server-xfree86. Anyone know what I should do?
 
What sort of distro are you using? (stable?)

There is a lot of missing information here that may be helpfull. Have you ever gotten into a GUI?
 
hhmmm....

Maybe a botched install or something?

Describe everything that has been going on with this machine and the steps you took to get to this point.
 
1. I used apt-get install xserver-xfree86 to install xserver.
2. Then I used configured everything in the setup.

The first time I configured the program, It wouldn't start because of the mouse. I changed what type of mouse I had and it started up, but I had no display. I figured this was because I had my system hooked up to my television(httpc) so I hooked it up to my monitor and now I get that message.
 
But you have GNOME installed and all the xfree packages installed correctly eh?

Also you have your user environment setup correctly and everything right?

What should of happenned during installation is this:

You ran the installation cdrom, partitioned your drive, selected repositories, and such.
That's the first stage install.

Then you rebooted into your system and then did the second stage install.
This is were you selected your timezone, setup a user accounts, and did other things such as setting up apt and other stuff.

did the second stage run correctly?



If not then re-run base-config command as root. That will help you finish setting up your system.

Otherwise make sure everything is fine.
Make sure that you have a user account setup and that your using it rather then trying to run as root.
Make sure that the home directory (/home/<username>) and make sure it has correct permissions for your user.
Make sure that X is configured correctly. Run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" if it's not.

Start X with the 'startx' command, otherwise GDM is the preffered method of logging in your system graphically. You can run tasksel and select 'desktop' and such
 
You log into gnome so you get a full desktop, then you start an instance of gnome-terminal and type 'vlc' from there, right?
 
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