Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Gtk warning

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From: LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:50:21 +0100
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:14:09 -0800, Joel Brock <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I had just finished compiling Ethereal using DarwinPorts        and was
> anxious to start up the software for the first time.  I entered
> 
> $  Ethereal
> 
> into the command line prompt and got this
> 
> (Ethereal:28001): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> 
> I'm pretty sure i have Gtk2.   Any help would be stupendously
> appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> joel brock

the DISPLAY environment variable is not set.

You are probably using the terminal application instead of an xterm
(X11) to start ethereal.