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Re: "cannot open display: :0.0" error when using schroot



On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 08:12:11PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 11:17 -0700, Bob McGowan wrote:
> > I'd guess "libgnomebreakpad.so" is not accessible from within the 
> > schroot environment.
> > 
> > And without it, GTK and nero can't do anything affecting the display.
> > 
> > *However*, this is all guesswork, my knowledge of schroot (or chroot, 
> > for that matter) is pretty minimal.
> > 
> > What I do know is that a chroot is an isolated area that needs to have 
> > all the support files, executables and libraries set up correctly within 
> > the chroot environment for things to work.  After all, it is a jail, 
> > intended to keep the user from accessing things above the jail's root 
> > directory.
> > 
> > Don't know if my ramblings will be of any help ;(, good luck may be the 
> > only thing further I can say.
> 
> 
> Thanks for the help. I tried lots and lots of things (including
> everything in this thread:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=166863 ) to no avail :(
> 
> Who has an idea what might be wrong?

Try running with -p to copy the environment, otherwise it's set up
from scratch.

Also make sure your home directory is available in the chroot
(for .Xauthority).


Regards,
Roger

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