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Error: cannot open display: :0.0 - firefox in centos

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Dear Team , I am getting following error when i am trying to open firefox from cents operating system, How can fix the issue.

Error : Error: cannot open display Command executed : firefox &

Fire fox installed using below site : http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-firefox-35-0-1-on-linux-systems/


Try to fix the the display issue as per the below site but no use.

Kindly help to resolve the issue, http://serverfault.com/questions/363827/how-can-i-run-firefox-on-centos-with-no-display

Dear Team , I am getting following error when i am trying to open firefox from cents operating system, How can fix the issue. Error : Error: cannot open display Command executed : firefox & Fire fox installed using below site : http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-firefox-35-0-1-on-linux-systems/ Try to fix the the display issue as per the below site but no use. Kindly help to resolve the issue, http://serverfault.com/questions/363827/how-can-i-run-firefox-on-centos-with-no-display

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Hi azahrudhin, It looks like the stackoverflow thread was solved by setting the global DISPLAY variable. Did this also work for your issue here?