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Failing to start on Ubuntu #65

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L8X opened this issue Jan 17, 2023 · 3 comments
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Failing to start on Ubuntu #65

L8X opened this issue Jan 17, 2023 · 3 comments

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@L8X
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L8X commented Jan 17, 2023

(privaxy:6458): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:07:28.418: cannot open display:

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Barre commented Jan 23, 2023

Do you have an X server running?
Are you intending to use privaxy on an headless machine?

@L8X
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L8X commented Jan 23, 2023

what's an X server?
headless, you mean with no interface? If yes, then yes.

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Barre commented Jan 23, 2023

what's an X server?

https://x.org/wiki/

headless, you mean with no interface? If yes, then yes.

Then, you need to download a "nogui" version https://github.com/Barre/privaxy/releases/tag/v0.5.2

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