when i run "virt-manager" it gives "RuntimeError: could not open display"

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Issue

  • when i run virt-manager from a putty console from  a windows machine  it gives "RuntimeError: could not open display".

    [root@localhost ~]# virt-manager
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 376, in ?
    _show_startup_error(str(run_e), "".join(traceback.format_exc()))
    File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager.py", line 52, in _show_startup_error
    import gtk
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/init.py", line 76, in ?
    _init()
    File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/init.py", line 64, in _init
    _gtk.init_check()
    RuntimeError: could not open display

Environment

  • Red Hat enterprise Linux 5.4

  • XEN Virtualization

  • Virt-Manager

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