Re: [orca-list] problem using xclip on a regular tty

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

John,
You must be the same user iI think.
I.E. startx as user john in one tty and in another, log in as john.
Then do export DISPLAY=:0
Then:
echo 'some string'|xclip -i
What to do in X itself, follow Janina's instructions, as you might have 
gathered, I am no gui guru.
HTH, Willem


On Fri, 3 May 2019, John Covici wrote:

> I am trying to get data from the speakup clipboard to the X
> clipboard.  If I do
> xclip -i <string>
> it says cannot open display.  If I do
> DISPLAY=:0;xclip -i <string> I get the following error:
> Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyError: Can't open display: :0
>
> How can I get this to work, or is it impossible?
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
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