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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.

run

display imagename

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.