When I move the DISPLAY variable to the script that creates the object I get:

X11::GUITest - This program is designed to run in X Windows!
INIT failed--call queue aborted.
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Looks like a timing problem for me.

"the script that creates the object" is obscure for me, I can't see where this happens.

Anyway you seem to call it too late.

Cheers Rolf
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Sorry, here is the script that I use to create an EventRepository object which extends my FFMech class (see OP for that code).

#!/usr/bin/perl
package Mech;
$ENV{'DISPLAY'} = ':3.0';
use Modern::Perl;
use EventRepository2;

my $er = EventRepository2->new(display => 0, fast_mode => 1, launch =>
+ ['firefox', '-P', "CCAgenda", '-rep', '4244'], repl => 'localhost:42
+44');
$er->get ('http://slashdot.org');
$er->mySendKeys("^(l)slashdottiejksdjf");
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When I run this code, I get the error noted in my last post.

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