Now i can't start plasma kde
i used to use this command to open up display so i can access a desktop version of debian 12 bullseye.
Xephyr :2 -resizeable -fullscreen &
sudo -g root DISPLAY=:2 startplasma-x11
But now it won't work, i get several errors.
worked yesterday but today i was able to upgrade some debian security options, I can show the code if needed,
but now these are the errors I get.
I opened plasma this way because the other ways had never worked, it used to return an error and do nothing for me, tho I don't currently remember what the other commands were or what other errors it gave back to me.
What can I do? pretty new to Linux, had debian 12 bullseye installed a while back
Xephyr :2 -resizeable -fullscreen &
sudo -g root DISPLAY=:2 startplasma-x11
[1] 2877
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Could not create server lock file: /tmp/.X2-lock
(EE)
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-MyUserName'
$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.
[1]+ Exit 1 Xephyr :2 -resizeable -fullscreen
Posted Aug 14, 2025, 12:27 AM UTC