IGV run error,thanks.

[yue.l...@gmail.com]

when i run igv in linux, it can not work, the error is as follow.

 

[george@richard IGV_2.3.25]$ sh igv.sh
[george@richard IGV_2.3.25]$ INFO [2014-01-15 10:29:41,277]  [DirectoryManager.java:149] [main]  IGV Directory: /home/george/igv
INFO [2014-01-15 10:29:41,281]  [Main.java:72] [main]  Startup  IGV Version 2.3.25 (29)11/25/2013 11:20 AM
INFO [2014-01-15 10:29:41,281]  [Main.java:73] [main]  Java 1.6.0_22
Fetching user directory... INFO [2014-01-15 10:29:41,429]  [Main.java:74] [main]  Default User Directory: /home/george
ERROR [2014-01-15 10:29:41,445]  [DefaultExceptionHandler.java:42] [main]  Unhandled exception
java.awt.HeadlessException
        at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:173)
        at java.awt.Window.<init>(Window.java:476)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:419)
        at java.awt.Frame.<init>(Frame.java:384)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(JFrame.java:174)
        at org.broad.igv.ui.Main.main(Main.java:62)

 

 

but when use root account to run the igv. it is can work well. why? thanks.

[Jim Robinson]

IGV must have a display set,  you typically get this error when the X11 display is not set.   Can you run xclock?

Jim

[yue.l...@gmail.com]

No, i canot. could u tell me how to set display? thanks.
在 2014年1月15日星期三UTC+8下午2时49分10秒，Jim Robinson写道：