Evince: Unable to init server: Could not Connect: Connection refused

Asked Jul 22 '20 at 22:25

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When running

$ evince a.pdf

I receive the following error message.

No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display:

I have an X Session running and DISPLAY=:0

Specifying the display

$ evince --display=:0

yields a similar error message

No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Cannot parse arguments: Cannot open display: :0

I am running Debian 10 Buster.

asked Jul 22 '20 at 22:25

gwinship

Is there an X11 server installed on the Debian system? – Nasir Riley Jul 22 '20 at 23:01
Yes. An X11 server is installed and running. – gwinship Jul 23 '20 at 06:55
Maybe it's https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/42385/evince-fails-to-start-because-it-cannot-read-xauthority ? – Vi. Apr 21 '21 at 11:26

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