From: Masao Mutoh <mutoh@...>
Date: 2006-07-26T00:49:44+09:00
Subject: Re: rb-gnome and gtkglext

Hi,

Can you execute other X application such as xterm ?

If not, it's not a problem of Ruby-GNOME2.
I recommand to find how to run X application on MacOS X first.

I suspect you don't run X server or don't set xhost, 
# I've not try it on MacOS X, though.


On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:15:11 +0900
"anne001" <anne@wjh.harvard.edu> wrote:

> apparently, one of the problem was that what I needed was rb-gnome2
> //sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=53614
> 
> I downloaded gnome2 all and gtk2 installed both. But I still got error
> messages suggesting
> problems with the installation, so I went into ruby-gtk2-0.15.0 and
> hand installed gdkpixbuf, glib, gtk (and atk for good measure).
> 
> Now I get a new error,
> /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:13:in `init': cannot open
> display: (null) (RuntimeError)
>         from /opt/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/gtk2.rb:13
>         from /opt/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/gtkglext.rb:1
>         from openglgtk.rb:2
> 
> http://www.ratiatum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22038&mode=linear
> seem to suggest it might have to do with root privilege and opening an
> X11 window
> can't do it as a user or some such. Can anyone explain what I need to
> do? 
> the suggestions seem to work for linux and I am on tiger.
> 
> 
> 


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