On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:54:54 +0100 Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to start Xephyr: > > debian-live$ Xephyr :1 -screen 1024x768 -ac > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic, > removing from list! > Could not init font path > element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! > Could not init font path > element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled, removing from list! > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi, > removing from list! > Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi, removing > from list! > > > but then in chroot environment: > > :/usr/bin# env DISPLAY=:1 gnome-session & > > (gnome-session:3729): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C > library. Using the fallback 'C' locale. > > (gnome-session:3729): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :1 > [1] 3729 > [1]+ Exit 1 env DISPLAY=:1 gnome-session > > > What could this be? > To the best of my knowledge you can't use just :1 inside a chroot because that communicates using files in /tmp (unix sockets?) In any event you need to allow tcp connections to you X server, get your xauthorization into the chroot, and use hostname:1. Regards, Daniel BTW such question really ought to be asked on debian-user not debian-devel. -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore: http://www.wightman.ca/~cshore
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature