[Xastir] Wiki update for Ubuntu 11.10

Tom Russo russo at bogodyn.org
Sun Feb 5 10:03:45 EST 2012


On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 09:58:54AM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <maserowik at verizon.net> flavor, containing:
> I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 server.
> I follow the direction in the wiki to install
> Installation went fine
> When I try to run xastir I get the 
> Error: can't open display

Are you running an X server (i.e. a desktop display using the X window system)?
I though that the "server" installs of Ubuntu didn't ship with X by default,
since those installs are not intended primarily for desktop use, but for 
headless machines.

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