From: Sherm Pendley <spamtrap@...>
Date: 2007-07-28T21:04:59+09:00
Subject: Re: fxRuby and OSX: unable to open display

Sharon Phillips <phillipsds@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> On 28/07/2007, at 7:04 PM, Sharon Phillips wrote:
>
>>>> I've used MacPorts to successfully build and install fxRuby at  
>>>> last, but I've hit another snag.
>>>>
>>>> I now get the error
>>>> FXRbApp::openDisplay: unable to open display :0.0
>>>> whenever I try to instantiate a new FXApp
>>>
>>> Is the X server running?
>>
>> ummm...
>> don't know.
>> Sounds like it should be and it's not.
>>
>> I'll see if I can find it
>
> Found something called XDarwin and ran it 'rootless', but still had  
> the same problem. I then tried it in 'full screen' mode and had to  
> restart the Mac when I could find no other means to exit a blank  
> black screen w/ mouse pointer.

XDarwin shouldn't be necessary; Apple has included an X server for a long
while now - it's /Applications/Utilities/X11.app. With X11.app, you can
leave full-screen mode the same way you enter it, with cmd-opt-a.

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