Imagemagick on Beagleboard/Angstrom

[joseph_issa]

I installed Imagemagick on beaglebaord using Angstrom linux distribution.
when i type 'display file.jpg' it does not show the imagmagick window , but display defaults to --help and shows help options for display.
same applies to animate, convert works fine.
any libraries i need to make display and animate work, i do have X11 libraires installed from the same repository distribution.
thanks,
joe.

[fmw42]

run

display imagename

from the command line in a terminal window (without beagleboard) and see if that works.

[joseph_issa]

its does the same things, defaults to --help. for unknown reason, it cannot start the IM GUI windows..

[fmw42]

On my Mac, I have to start X11 first, then do display.

But furthermore, I had to edit my .profile to add

export DISPLAY=:0


Don't know if this is the same on other Linux platforms!

[joseph_issa]

i do have x11 running and setup the display settings. Still doing the same thing. do you know speicifically which X11 library it needs to start the GUI?
thanks.

[fmw42]

if you display an image that does not exist or don't give the right path, then IM will open the window you see. check your images and directory privileges.

[joseph_issa]

yes, i checked the file names are correct, and the path , privilidges are correct. When i type display (i.e display image1.jpg) , it doesnt show any GUI window for IM or the image itself, it lists in text the help options for display. Same thing applies to animate.
I think there is something missing in the X11 libraries, i have the default X11 setting from angstrom distribution with whatver imagemagick installed.
Thanks for your help.
joe.