Can't get Makemkv to run on Ubuntu 18.04 server

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Faenix64
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Can't get Makemkv to run on Ubuntu 18.04 server

Post by Faenix64 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:40 am

I am on a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04 server. I installed makemkv via the forum documentation and then also tried using a third part repo. Each time when I tried to run the makemkv command I got the following error:

makemkv: cannot connect to X server

I also tried to do a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04 but am still getting the above error. I am not an Ubuntu/Linux expert and don't know where to start to resolve the issue. I followed the install guide to the letter... Does anyone know how to resolve this.

Protheus
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Re: Can't get Makemkv to run on Ubuntu 18.04 server

Post by Protheus » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:04 am

Maybe you are running makemkv under another user than your graphical dektop. E.g. you are in a graphical desktop logged in as "user" and try to run makemky as root.

Or you are running as "root" completely - I think this will not work. You have to be logged in as "user".

Good luck
Protheus

Faenix64
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Re: Can't get Makemkv to run on Ubuntu 18.04 server

Post by Faenix64 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:17 am

After doing a little more digging I found that I was using the makemkv command instead of the makemkvcon. When I used the second it seems to work.

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