[dwm] Apps Can't open X display

Hi! im having a problem with various apps that doesn't run saying that
can't open DISPLAY, scrot for taking screenshots for example, im now
using dwm and before i use wmii, with wmii i can take screenshots with
no problem:

[aleyscha_AT_aleyscha 13 ~]$ scrot -d 5 -q 75 -t 25 -c ~/desktop.jpg
giblib error: Can't open X display. It *is* running, yeah?

and:

[aleyscha_AT_aleyscha 42 ~]$ n
Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

i suspect it has something to do with the way i have my .xinitrc...

#!/bin/sh
# ~/.xinitrc
# dwm
while true
do
        echo '|' CPU:$(get_cputemp Core0)C/$(get_cputemp Core1)C '|'
Ram:$(get_freemem)/Swap:$(get_freeswap) '|' /downloads:$(get_diskinfo
sdb1) /sdd1:$(get_diskinfo sdd1) /sde1:$(get_diskinfo sde1)
/cdrom:$(get_cdrominfo cdrom) '|' PCM:$(get_volume PCM)% '|' $(date
+'%R %d/%m/%Y')
        sleep 2
done | dwm

i think it has to do with DISPLAY=my_host:0 exec dwm in
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc as says here ->
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm
but i dont know if i need to edit that file because my says twm, i
think that is the default, and if i have an .xinitrc file at my home
dir, it jumps that file, right?

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Post Installation

After you have downloaded and installed dwm using pacman you go ahead
and get started using it. It should be noted that currently dwm is
configured through its source. If you simply download and install it,
then you'll be given the default setup.

Fire up your favorite text editor and add dwm to your xinitrc script:

su
nano -w /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

Your's should look something like this:

#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

# start some nice programs
exec dwm

When I installed it on my laptop I had to use the following line:
DISPLAY=my_host:0 exec dwm
instead of

exec dwm

Finally, now all you need to do is "startx" at the command line.
Enjoy.
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but i don't understand that if i edit that file, any user that logins
will have dwm as wm? or why that file and not my ~/.xinitrc?
my /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc:

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#!/bin/sh
# $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then

    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
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THANKS!
Received on Wed Jun 25 2008 - 12:40:17 UTC