firefox : no display specified

**darthshak** · 10-Feb-2009, 23:21

I am running OpenSUSE 11.1 with KDE4 on a Thinkpad T61 with an nVidia Quadro NVS 140M.

When I am logged in as root and try to invoke firefox from the terminal, I get an error saying "No display specified".

Anyone have any ideas?

**ken_yap** · 10-Feb-2009, 23:24

By terminal you mean the command line login? You don't have a display running then. You have to login at the GUI login to have a display.

**geoffro** · 10-Feb-2009, 23:58

And remember NOT to do this as root

Originally Posted by ken_yap

By terminal you mean the command line login? You don't have a display running then. You have to login at the GUI login to have a display.

**hanae** · 16-Jun-2009, 06:34

Hi, i have the same problem. but i didn't undrstand the soltion proposed...maybe because of my bad english :s

**Knurpht** · 16-Jun-2009, 06:56

Originally Posted by darthshak

I am running OpenSUSE 11.1 with KDE4 on a Thinkpad T61 with an nVidia Quadro NVS 140M.

When I am logged in as root and try to invoke firefox from the terminal, I get an error saying "No display specified".

Anyone have any ideas?

Yes. NEVER,NEVER use firefox as root !!! They should put a fix in Firefox so that it would simply not start when invoked by root. That's the single idea I have, simply because it's the only idea that matters.

So, there is no solution, because there is no problem. You're trying something you shouldn't do.

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