'could not open display' error when import gtk - how fix?

[ngw]

-seberino at spawar.navy.mil <seberino at spawar.navy.mil>:
> Why can't I import gtk (pygtk) module?  It appears gtk module want X
> perms?
>
>
>>>> import gtk
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line
> 37, in ?    from _gtk import *
> RuntimeError: could not open display

You have to run the pyshell under the right permissions. Are you
trying to import pygtk from the root/toor account ?

  ngw