On 4/22/24 13:32, David W. Jones wrote:
On April 22, 2024 1:19:25 PM HST, Richard <legalize@xmission.com> wrote:
The error message (just like Portal cake) is a lie:
shell 3> xfractint -disk -geometry 800x600 batch=yes savename=tmp.gif type=mandel Could not open display Note: 'fractint -disk' can run without X Hmm, can't check here right now, system is doing monthly backup, but...are you running xfractint under X, or Wayland?
Well, I just tried your command line here on Debian Bookworm under X (no Wayland). When the command finished, it popped up a window titled "XFractint controls" notifying me that it was in "Disk Video mode", what the screen resolution and color depth was, the save name of the file (./tmp.gif/fract0001, and Status (Image has been completed). Sounds like it might be needing a display in order to notify the user of the results? It also left behind a text log named stopmsg.txt (1.2GB in size) containing only lines like "Can't create ./tmp.gif/fract####.gif". That must have been generated when I was pressing S to save the image. When I tried it without the batch entry, it still popped up the controls window so I could press S to save the image, and that worked. Not sure what you're trying to do. Ideas? -- David W. Jones gnome@hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com "My password is the last 8 digits of π."