bitcoin-qt will fail if it does not have access to a functioning X display, even though when run with --help it doesn't need one.
(I'm having a go at fixing this today)
bitcoin-qt --help requires an X display even though it is not used #18602
issue rebroad opened this issue on April 12, 2020-
rebroad commented at 7:45 AM on April 12, 2020: contributor
- rebroad added the label Bug on Apr 12, 2020
- fanquake added the label GUI on Apr 12, 2020
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rebroad commented at 10:58 AM on April 12, 2020: contributor
The question is: should the command line instructions be displayed to stdout, or to the X display? Wasn't earlier functionality that it would be displayed in an X window?
- rebroad referenced this in commit 985376fa3a on Apr 12, 2020
- rebroad referenced this in commit b8fce8f481 on Apr 12, 2020
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MarcoFalke commented at 12:26 PM on April 12, 2020: member
Wasn't earlier functionality that it would be displayed in an X window?
You can click Help -> Command line options
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promag commented at 10:43 AM on May 17, 2020: member
Why let it show the help without X if then it can't run? Just use
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jonasschnelli commented at 1:52 PM on May 29, 2020: contributor
I think @rebroad is right that passing a -help via commandline should display the help in commandline without touching the window manager interface.
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fanquake commented at 7:01 AM on August 10, 2020: member
I've moved this to the GUI repo: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui/issues/48.
- fanquake closed this on Aug 10, 2020
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