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Artur Nawrot
Asked: 2019-02-24 09:33:53 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 18.04 abiword - Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

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I have a vps with LEMP provided by digitalocean and when I am attempting to convert any pdf file to doc file I always get this error:

Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

** (abiword:2048): WARNING **: 17:08:51.861: clutter failed 0, get a life.
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
No DISPLAY: this may not be what you want.

I used this command:

abiword --to=doc file.pdf

And even when I type abiword alone I get the same error

Of course I don't have GUI on my vps, so maybe this is an issue?

18.04 abiword

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Abiword seems to need an X server to convert things, even without causing any obvious windows to appear.

    You could try setting up a dummy X server, or maybe SSHing in from a client with a GUI.

    On Linux you could try ssh -X, or on Windows, Xming/PuTTY has worked for me in similar cases, as long as you enable X11 forwarding (in Connection -> SSH -> X11).

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