I am trying to use unclutter on bookworm with the official 7" touchscreen.
However I get unclutter: could not open display
Unclutter on Official Touchscreen
Mar 23, 2024
Last reply: 2 years ago
11 Replies
How and when are you running the command?
john
At the mmoment just from the command line to test it out
From the command line... in a terminal emulator inside X? Because if you're ssh'd in you'll need to tell it which display to talk to, e.g. DISPLAY=0 unclutter
john
This should, of course, be
DISPLAY=:0 unclutter
Mea culpa.
john
The problem is I do not know what the value for display=: should be as 0 does not work (display not found) and all other numbers produce the same result
If you are running X, it's almost certainly :0
If you're not running X, what do you expect this X program to do when you run it?
n.b. it *must* be DISPLAY=:0, not display=:0
john
Usually :0.0 for the local display I think:-
chris$ echo $DISPLAY :0.0 chris$
Has Wayland arrived on rPIs yet?
It broke my ways of running X apps from consoles when it arrived in Fedora ...
Wayland came with Bookworm, on Pi4 and Pi5. You can switch back to X using rpi-config
Good call, I'd forgotten about the Wayland possibility.
If you're running Wayland, I would be shocked if unclutter works at all.
john
You are correct - I am using Waylnd and it does not work!
Join the Discussion
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Didn't find your answer?
Ask the community — no account required