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   Chris Green to John   
   Re: Unclutter on Official Touchscreen   
   26 Mar 24 16:43:42   
   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   John  wrote:   
   > The Incredible Bulk  writes:   
   >   
   > > John wrote:   
   > >> John  writes:   
   > >>   
   > >>> The Incredible Bulk  writes:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> John wrote:   
   > >>>>> The Incredible Bulk  writes:   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>>> I am trying to use unclutter on bookworm with the official 7"   
   touchscreen.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> However I get unclutter: could not open display   
   > >>>>> How and when are you running the command?   
   > >>>>> john   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> At the mmoment just from the command line to test it out   
   > >>>   
   > >>>  From the command line... in a terminal emulator inside X? Because if   
   > >>> you're ssh'd in you'll need to tell it which display to talk to, e.g.   
   > >>> DISPLAY=0 unclutter   
   > >>>   
   > >>> john   
   > >> This should, of course, be   
   > >> DISPLAY=:0 unclutter   
   > >> Mea culpa.   
   > >> john   
   > >>   
   > > The problem is I do not know what the value for display=: should be as   
   > > 0 does not work (display not found) and all other numbers produce the   
   > > same result   
   >   
   > If you are running X, it's almost certainly :0   
   >   
   Usually :0.0 for the local display I think:-   
      
       chris$ echo $DISPLAY   
       :0.0   
       chris$   
      
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   Chris Green   
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