On linux, don't use Qt to render covers, etc. if the DISPLAY environment variable is unset

src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py

@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ def __init__(self, args):
 
 def is_ok_to_use_qt():
     global gui_thread
+    if islinux and os.environ.get('DISPLAY', None) is None:
+        return False
     if QApplication.instance() is None:
         QApplication([])
     if gui_thread is None: