[SOLVED] xset won't work

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[SOLVED] xset won't work

03 June 2021, 10:45:27

Hello, and thank you for this great community.

xset q | grep -A 1 Pointer

xset: unable to open display ""

Everything works fine except xset.

I have been trying to set mouse threshold with xset m 2/1 9

Re: xset won't work

Reply #1 – 03 June 2021, 15:07:44

It shouldn't have anything to do with init systems. It sounds like you might be missing the DISPLAY variable in your environment for some reason and xorg can't find your display.

Re: xset won't work

Reply #2 – 03 June 2021, 15:24:35

xset works only when Xorg is running, DISPLAY environment variable is set and the uid/gid of the process are allowed to access X server. For example, if you login as root in a terminal emulator under X session where you logged as a regular user, you normally won't be able to run X apps as root from that terminal emulator. If you execute (example):

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$ xhost +si:localuser:root

from another terminal emulator as the user running the X session though, you will be able to.

Re: xset won't work

Reply #3 – 03 June 2021, 16:30:14

Ran as non root user. Working, thank you.