[Solved] Not able to start any GUI application after a while

Question

Hi,
I have this crazy issue which never happened before,
[ssss@localhost]$ opera
No protocol specified
opera: cannot connect to X server :0. Error: Resource temporarily unavailable
[ssss@localhost]$ firefox
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Error: cannot open display: :0
[ssss@localhost]$ chromium
No protocol specified
(chromium:2576): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
[ssss@localhost]$ terminator
No protocol specified
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
You need to run terminator in an X environment. Make sure $DISPLAY is properly set
[ssss@localhost]$ claws-mail
No protocol specified
(claws-mail:2592): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
Now I'm currently on firefox and the graphical programs which I opened before they work as they should but I cannot open a new one, and if I close the open they are not able to connect to X.
sssss   1529  0.0  0.0  15872   880 tty1     S+   20:27   0:00 xinit /home/sssss/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.tuHk8KdrmB
a bit from my tail -f  (currently)
$ tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 24.198] (**) HP WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[ 24.198] (**) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[ 24.198] (--) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[ 24.198] (--) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[ 24.198] (II) evdev: HP WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[ 24.198] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input7/event7"
[ 24.198] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "HP WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[ 24.198] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 24.199] (**) Option "xkb_model" "hpzt11xx"
From pstree -ap
|-gvfsd-trash,1798 --spawner :1.4 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
| `-startx,1512 /usr/bin/startx
| `-xinit,1529 /home/sssss/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.tuHk8KdrmB
| |-.xinitrc,1534 /home/sssss/.xinitrc
| | |-.xinitrc,1552 /home/sssss/.xinitrc
| | |-lxpanel,1551
| | | `-{lxpanel},1642
| | |-openbox,1545 --startup /usr/lib/openbox/openbox-autostart OPENBOX
| | `-qxkb,1549
| | `-{qxkb},1561
after restart I see however :
  |               `-X,1543 -nolisten tcp :0 -auth /tmp/serverauth.4nwwrf1wMz vt1
until it goes way again.
Any idea of what is happening or how to sovle this?
Last edited by r0b0t (2012-11-24 02:29:39)

Answer 1

moetunes wrote:
I asked about localhost in your PS1 because you show localhost in your PS1
r0b0t wrote:[ssss@localhost]$ opera
Is localhost the hostname for that computer?
If you aren't trying to open applications over the network and $DISPLAY is always :0 it is a strange problem for sure.
yes it's localhost
$ cat /etc/hostname
localhost
and no, I just open the applications normally as always did before without any problem, is it as after some "thing" happens the applications cannot detect any X server running but the X is indeed running.
I notice however that I'm on tty1 with the graphic, and normally I remember running on tty7 , maybe have something to do with it?