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I was playing around with w3m (command-line browser), and found that it was not able to display images when run from Terminator or gnome-terminal. But, when run from xterm, it is able to display images.

I have both w3m and w3m-img packages installed.

After searching around a bit, I found some references about enabling frame buffer and stuff and couldn't quite understand all the terminology.

What should I do to make terminator run w3m properly with image preview support?

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  • I can't reproduce this, w3m shows no images in either terminal. What website were you trying with? – terdon Jan 04 '14 at 13:10
  • What's the value of the DISPLAY environment variable (echo $DISPLAY)? You may need to add export DISPLAY=:0.0 to your .bashrc or check /etc/security/pam_env.conf The DISPLAY variable lets image display programs find your display. – waltinator Jan 21 '14 at 01:18
  • Same problem in 2017, no solution in 2017 ... :| – Ejaz Sep 03 '17 at 08:47
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    use xterm as your terminal emulator. – Porcupine Jun 28 '19 at 22:01

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