libvirt users - Jan 2012 - virt-manager 0.9.0-r2 gentoo, no starting

getting this when starting virt-manager

databunka src # virt-manager
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 383, in
<module>
     main()
   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 285, in main
     raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to initialize GTK: %s") % gtk_error)
RuntimeError: Kann GTK nicht initialisieren: could not open display

i already remerged gtk


marko

The 18/01/12, Marko Weber wrote:
> 
> getting this when starting virt-manager
> 
> databunka src # virt-manager
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 383, in
<module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 285, in
main
>     raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to initialize GTK: %s") %
gtk_error)
> RuntimeError: Kann GTK nicht initialisieren: could not open display
> 
> i already remerged gtk
Do you connect to the system with ssh?

-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Marko Weber <weber at zackbummfertig.de>
wrote:
>
> getting this when starting virt-manager
>
> databunka src # virt-manager
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> ?File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 383, in
<module>
> ? ?main()
> ?File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 285, in
main
> ? ?raise RuntimeError(_("Unable to initialize GTK: %s") %
gtk_error)
> RuntimeError: Kann GTK nicht initialisieren: could not open display
>
> i already remerged gtk
Hi Marko,

make sure you have the DISPLAY variable exported to root as I asume you've
been
logged in as user but then dropped privileges up to root and maybe your user
environment wasn't inherited from within your X session.

# echo $DISPLAY
:0

So long,
Christian Parpart.