Re: [Evolution] Evolution wouldn't start anymore :(

["Srinidhi B S" <srinidhi bs gmail com>]

Hi,

On 11/13/06, ron rideon ch <ron rideon ch> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just updated my KDE to 3.5.5 and all the packages in my Suse 10.1
> that were available and i rebooted, came back on, wanted to start
> evolution but...nothing... :(
> The console says:
> reg linux-ron:~> evolution
>
> (evolution-2.6:9220): GLib-WARNING **: getpwuid_r(): failed due to:
> Operation not permitted.
>
> (evolution:9220): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by Xlib
>
> (evolution:9220): Gdk-WARNING **: cannot set locale modifiers
> _X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for localhost:6000:
> Name or service not known
>
> (evolution:9220): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> reg linux-ron:~>
> What does that mean exactly? How can i get it to run again? Thank
> you!

Did you login to KDE as the user you are running evolution as - that
is 'reg' ??? If yes, then the above message "cannot open display: " is
really weird.

Try running:

$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
$ evolution

Hope this helps!

Srinidhi.
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