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makemkv: cannot connect to X server

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:51 am
by remuxer
Hello,
i installed makemkv on Debian 7, if i type makemkv in the command line, I get this error:
makemkv: cannot connect to X server
Where is the problem?

Re: makemkv: cannot connect to X server

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:25 pm
by Woodstock
Do you have X running? If not, there is no X server to connect to, so the graphic interface can't run.

The console version has a different file name.

Re: makemkv: cannot connect to X server

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:02 pm
by l33tlinuxh4x0r
also are you trying to run it as root if so try using sux instead of su or sudo. Some distros only allow you to launch X applications as root using sux in terminal when logged in as another user.