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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 15:04:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "William Hooper" <whooperhsd3(a)earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: System-config tools in text mode
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
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Bill Anderson said:
> I am running FC2 and cannot get system-config-packages or
> system-cdinstall-helper to run in text mode. I always get the error "could
> not open display." Are these tools designed to run in text mode?
Yes.
I think it depends. Some do have text modes, but some don't. I can run
up2date from the shell prompt, but have never run the package GUI
without X running. Errors about 'can't open display' suggest that the
tool is trying to run in X, even if it does have a text mode. Look for
an option like '-nox'.
Erik