DCOP ' Couldn't attach to DCOP server'

[Lubos Lunak]

On Wednesday 09 October 2002 10:22, Per Winkvist wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I start KDE and then switch to a text console or telnet to my computer
> and run dcop I always get 'Couldn't attach to DCOP server'. For a couple of
> months ago dcop spit out a message saying that I should set DISPLAY.
> Nowadays it doesn't do this. Setting the DISPLAY to :0.0 makes dcop do what
> I want.
>
> The following patch sets the DISPLAY upon error and tries one more time
> which works great for me.
>
> Any comments  ?

 Why not simply suggesting in the error message to check $DISPLAY? Moreover 
":0.0" may be often wrong.

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