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searching with not much luck. I try to start it with cinnamon Failed to init server Unable to open X display There is not logs when I start cinnamon, only when I use startx (even though it works) Failed to load module (module does not exist, 0) for these: nvidia, nv, modesetting. So I used pacman -S nvidia and got: Nvidia-libgl and mesa-libgl are in conflict (libgl). Remove mesa-libgl? So I prompted with y. Then error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) xorg cinnamon share|improve this question edited Oct 18 '13 at 20:57 strugee 6,13273275 asked Oct 18 '13 at 19:55 user2896137 13114 how are you starting Cinnamon? –strugee Oct 18 '13 at 20:14 ps: welcome to Stack Exchange! just to let you know, when you answer that question, you should edit your question to include the additional information. you can find the edit button right below the tags. –strugee Oct 18 '13 at 20:15 I'm just typing cinnamon. –user2896137 Oct 18 '13 at 20:15 I reinstalled my NVIDIA drivers and the problem was resolved. –Rudolph Oc
with your Cinnamon settings or just suffered some kind of other error. If you then try to reset Cinnamon or to use any other command involving the desktop environment, you gtk warning cannot open display will get the Unable to open X display error. While its hard to find xhost unable to open display out what actually causes it, you can easily bypass it by purging and reinstalling Cinnamon - which is a painless process
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and leaves your personal Cinnamon configuration untouched. To do so, log in with another desktop environment or open a command line environment by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1. Afterwards enter sudo apt-get purge cinnamon http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/96672/unable-to-open-x-display-when-launching-cinnamon && sudo apt-get install cinnamon Don't forget to log out and in again to make the changes effective. To log out without panel, press Ctrl + Alt + Backspace. Tagged on: cinnamonerrormintunable to open x display CSch Basics, Linux & Unix, Ubuntu 3 Comments ← Install the Ubuntu login screen on Linux Mint Using document templates in Linux → 3 thoughts on “‘Unable to open X display' error on Cinnamon http://www.faqforge.com/linux/unable-to-open-x-display-error-on-cinnamon-linux-mint/ (Linux Mint)” RoqueOctober 30, 2012 at 8:20 pmPermalink Thanks this was really helpful Reply twigAugust 5, 2014 at 2:36 pmPermalink Thanks dude, saved my bacon. Reply ZeshanMay 10, 2015 at 5:32 pmPermalink Thanks mate. I spent 2 hours with other complex solution. Nothing worked out but your simple one Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website CAPTCHA-Code Search Categories Basics CentOS Controlpanels Debian Distributions Email FTP iPad & iPhone ISPConfig 2 ISPConfig 3 Linux & Unix Mac OS X MySQL PostgreSQL Programming Server Ubuntu Uncategorized Virtualisation Vista Webserver Windows Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8 XP Tags7 apache boot change consumer Debian default delete desktop disable error files Firefox install ISPConfig 2 ISPConfig 3 key Linux & Unix Linux & Unix manager menu metro mint MySQL OpenVZ password postfix powershell preview registry remove screen script search Shell startup system Thunderbird Ubuntu virtualbox Vista Windows Windows 7 Windows 8 XP Pages Imprint Copyright © 2016 FAQforge. Powered by WordPress. Theme: Spacious by ThemeGrill. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok
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background and icons. Tried ctrl+although+f1 and running gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz Then a reboot. Same issue. Next ran metacity --replace I get: Windows manager error: Unable to open X display View 2 Replies Similar Messages: Ubuntu Servers :: Install A Minimal X/windows Manager On Server - Can't Open Display Debian :: X: Unable To Open Display '' (two Single Quotes)? OpenSUSE Network :: FreeNX Windows Error - Can't Open Display - Localhost:10.0 Debian :: Error: Cannot Open Display: 0 When Trying To Launch Firefox General :: X11 Forwarding - Error: Can't Open Display: