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Can't open display: (null) #129

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mk48 opened this issue Aug 18, 2021 · 6 comments
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Can't open display: (null) #129

mk48 opened this issue Aug 18, 2021 · 6 comments

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@mk48
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mk48 commented Aug 18, 2021

I am trying simple command and getting Can't open display error. See the below screen. Anything wrong here?

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wantToHawaii commented Aug 18, 2021 •
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the same issue on macos (iterm2, zsh)
Error: Can't open display: (null)

@hackerb9
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Microsoft's Azure and Apple's MacOS do not run an "X server" by default, and thus there is no DISPLAY for xclip to connect to.

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mk48 commented Aug 23, 2021

I am using Azure to host Ubuntu VM and I installed xlcip on ubuntu.

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Xclip is only a client that speaks to your X server. Do you have one installed and running? I haven't used Azure in a while, but my recollection is that their version of Ubuntu lacks an X server. Do you have the same problem when you try Ubuntu on your own machine instead of Azure?

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hackerb9 commented Sep 4, 2021

Did you get it figured out?

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Having this issue on regular Ubuntu. X server seems to be running just fine. Any ideas what can this be?

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