On Wed, 03 Feb 2016 12:44:19 +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > when emerging sci-geosciences/josm-9999 I get a Java error : > > > java.awt.AWTError: Can't connect to X11 window server using ':0' as the > value of the DISPLAY variable.
Probably because you are running as root and the display is not available. If you use su, try sux instead, it's a wrapper for su that makes running X programs easier. If you're using sudo, try sudo -E. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 46: Found missing
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