On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:49:13PM -0600, Todd Preuss <buster18@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Can anyone tell me how I would supply the GIMP_HOST environment for a > gimp-perl server. perldoc Gimp::Net is what you are looking for. however: > looks as if I need to set the auth in the GIMP_HOST. The following is the > error message that I am getting. > > protocol error (1) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux/Gimp/Net.pm > line 66 this usually means that gimp could not be started (i.e. it coredumped or exited early). did you export GIMP_HOST? your perl-program might just try to start gimp because it couldn't contact the running version, which probably fails because of an unset DISPLAY. if this was the reason I'd like to find out ;) -- -----==- | ----==-- _ | ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann +-- --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / pcg@xxxxxxxx |e| -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ XX11-RIPE --+ The choice of a GNU generation | |