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Re: [gNewSense-users] echo $display empty
From: |
Karl Goetz |
Subject: |
Re: [gNewSense-users] echo $display empty |
Date: |
Wed, 27 May 2009 10:18:48 +0930 |
On Tue, 26 May 2009 16:47:43 -0500
Luis Alberto <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi!,
>
> I set up gNewSense, without GI, just terminal.
> First i just removed GNOME and later a bunch of graphical stuff.
>
> To turn off the screen (with the lid open) i usually used:
>
> xset dpms force off
>
> but this time after it ran out of battery (is a laptop), when i
> wanted to turn of, it couldn't find the screen,
>
> xset: unable to open display ""
Is this from a console or inside your X session? if its a console you
may need to `export DISPLAY=:0.0` (or similar).
>
> and
>
> ~$ echo $display
>
> can't get it too?
Because you need upercase.
10:08:48 address@hidden:~$ echo $DISPLAY
:0.0
10:08:54 address@hidden:~$ echo $display
10:08:57 address@hidden:~$
kk
>
> Could it be a package that i removed, or some kind of
> misconfiguration. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> PS.
> xserver-xorg & xserver-xorg-core & x11-xserver-utils & libxcb-dpms0
> are currently installed (related to X)
--
Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian user / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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