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problem with chromium: cannot open display:: 0.0

I have a screen for raspberry pi (this one: http://www.lcdwiki.com/3.5inch_RPi_Display) to install the drivers for the screen I put (as said in the document below): sudo rm -rf LCD-show git clone ...
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Raspberry pi3 - Cannot show desktop

After some updates on my RPI3 running openmediavault, I cannot vnc into the system. I have tried them all by changing any resolution, enabling vnc in the raspi-confing settings and even mv .Xauthority ...
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Can I SSH even if I am to connect my Raspberry Pi 4B with a 3.5 inch TFT display

This is kind of a stupid newbie question but once I have my display up and running and I'll be displaying the stats of my system on it alongside stats from Pi-Hole. Will I be able to use SSh from my ...
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Connecting and displaying Raspberry Pi on Ubuntu based machine over ethernet cable

Hello dear Raspberry community. I was wondering if I could display Raspberry Pi 3 Model B on my Ubuntu laptop over an Ethernet cable? However, I can not do it with an ssh method, the reason being I ...
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Run python script on Raspbian desktop through ssh access

I have a RaspberryPi with a PiTFT 3.5 display connected. The display is configured to mirror the HDMI output and the Pi is running Raspbian desktop. Now what I am trying to do is to run a python ...
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Still cannot open display :0

I'm trying to run chromium-browser on my raspberry pi remotely through SSH. I want chromium-browser to use the display of the raspberry pi (not the local display of my Windows machine). Even when ...
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How to start xorg on a physically connected display via SSH?

The pi is configured to start into text mode so that no xorg libraries are loaded during normal operation. Yet I would like to be able to occasionally run an xorg desktop session when connected to an ...
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How to interface to a Pi without knowing its IP or having a large HDMI monitor?

I wish to access a RPi's shell, but I do not wish to lug around some big display and ideally 120 volt power wouldn't be required. A Linux or Windows laptop are acceptable or maybe some other typical ...
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i wanted to use an android phone to dispose of a portable display powered over usb. But neither the ssh or the Gui are working>

So as I said, I do not have an actual display or monitor for my raspberry pi 3. That's why I wanted to use an old android phone (htc desire 500) as a display. That for I followed a tutorial (very ...
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Can I use my MacBook display as a monitor for a Raspberry Pi?

This question have been asked so many times, and every time the conversation switches to the SSH or VNS. Can I connect a Raspberry Pi (3 in my case) to the MacBook through the HDMI port and use the ...
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Connect via SSH to the main display active terminal

My Raspberry Pi reboot to the terminal and not the desktop environment. I got a video display connected to it through the HDMI. I would like to connect to that Pi via SSH from my PC and remote ...
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"cannot open display" with PuTTY

I am controlling my PI through my PC (wich is running Windows 7) using Putty to type in commands and tightvnc viewer to access the GUI. I can launch programs with the TightVNC viewer GUI or TightVNC ...
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X forwarding and GPU memory allocation

I run my Raspberry Pi headless and typically use X forwarding to run applications. I'm wondering what split I should use for allocating the RAM. I am not sure whether it is the server or the client'...
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Problems starting X

Just whacked Raspian on an SD card, and booted up my Pi. A message at the top says 'Use startx to start a graphical interface'. So I startx. I get a load of details: OS version; X version; all that ...
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