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Runtime error just before GUI

Asked by Thacker

After the sanity check is OK I get the followingTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "easyubuntu.in", line 51, in ?
    main()
  File "easyubuntu.in", line 43, in main
    if detect.de() == 'gnome':
  File "/root/easyubuntu/EasyUbuntu/detect.py", line 78, in de
    import gtk, gtk.glade
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 45, in ?
    from _gtk import *
RuntimeError: could not open display

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KarlGoetz (kgoetz) said : 		#1

looks like you ran as root - run as a normal user.

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Thacker (dg-wynton) said : 		#2

Karl,
Thanks very much - now working

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 Message Received: Aug 10 2006, 12:25 PM
 From: "KarlGoetz" <email address hidden>
 To: <email address hidden>
 Cc:
 Subject: [Support #1437]: Re: Runtime error just before GUI

 Support request #1437 on EasyUbuntu changed:
 https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+ticket/1437

 Comment:
 looks like you ran as root - run as a normal user.

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KarlGoetz (kgoetz) said : 		#3

Thacker wrote:
> Support request #1437 on EasyUbuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+ticket/1437
>
> Comment:
> Karl,
> Thanks very much - now working
 not a problem.
>
> ========================================
> Message Received: Aug 10 2006, 12:25 PM
> From: "KarlGoetz" <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Cc:
> Subject: [Support #1437]: Re: Runtime error just before GUI
>
> Support request #1437 on EasyUbuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/products/easyubuntu/+ticket/1437
>
> Comment:
> looks like you ran as root - run as a normal user.
>
>

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