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bk1285 / rpi_wordclock

Software to create a Raspberry Pi based wordclock
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Can't start the wordclock in developer_mode #252

Closed andupp closed 1 year ago

andupp commented 1 year ago

Hi,

I've been trying to get the wordclock to start up in developer_mode (setting the flag in the config to True). But I keep getting the following error:

> sudo python3 wordclock.py 
> 2023-09-05 00:25:23 rpiclock root[3950] INFO Software version: v1.0.0-dev-146-gf5c5bf4
> 2023-09-05 00:25:23 rpiclock root[3950] INFO Parsing /home/aup/rpi_wordclock/wordclock_config/wordclock_config.cfg
> Unable to access the X Display, is $DISPLAY set properly?

I have been googling my head off for that "Unable to access the X Display"-message, and nothing I do seems to help.

I'm using Mac OS X to ssh to the PI 3B+ that has the wordclock installed. The PI 3B+ is running Raspberry PI OS (64-bit) with a port of Debian bullseye with the Raspberry PI Desktop.

Any ideas on how I can get the wordclock running in developer mode?

FrankX0 commented 1 year ago

Just a thought: can you try this by connecting a monitor and keyboard? Not sure if this works through an ssh connection.