> From: "Ed Greshko" <ed.gres...@gmail.com>
> To: Fedora <users@lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: gnome-terminal
>
> On 09/17/17 17:30, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> > When I run /usr/bin/gnome-terminal under fc26 (it was fine in fc24)
> > from a gnome-terminal I get:
> >
> > Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> > Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display: 
> >
> > Can I avoid the error ?
> 
> 
> You never give sufficient details for anyone to be of much help.
> 
> You don't say how your are starting it or the environment.  But you are 
> apparently
> starting it from a session which has no connection to a DISPLAY.
> 
> Example....
> 
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ env | grep DISPLAY
> DISPLAY=:0
> 
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ echo $?
> 0
> 
> Starts just fine...

If I set DISPLAY properly
DISPLAY=:0
echo $?
0
I get:
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server: Could not connect: 
Connection refused
Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display: 

echo $?
1

> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ ssh meimei
> Last login: Sun Sep 17 18:29:10 2017 from 192.168.1.18
> 
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ env | grep DISPLAY
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$
> 
> Nothing returned....
> 
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
> Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
> [egreshko@meimei ~]$ echo $?
> 1
> 
> Totally expected.
> 
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