[pygtk] Launching PyGTK app from a serial console

Paul D. DeRocco pderocco at ix.netcom.com
Wed Aug 7 17:11:46 WST 2013


> From: Stuart Axon
> 
> Hi Paul,
>    You just need to set DISPLAY correctly.    You can check 
> what it's set to in a terminal in XFCE:
> 
> 
> $ echo $DISPLAY
> :0
> 
> Then in the terminal your connected on the serial console, 
> set it to the same thing;
> 
> $ export DISPLAY :0
> 
> 
> Then test launching an any X app (I tested using gedit + it work).

That's what I've already done. It's properly displaying now. What I'm asking
is how to get rid of the desktop "underneath".

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
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