From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 27 17:25:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00523 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 17:25:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from guepardo.vicosa.com.br (guepardo.tdnet.com.br [200.236.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA00512 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 17:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grios@netshell.vicosa.com.br) Received: from netshell.vicosa.com.br [200.236.148.200] by guepardo.vicosa.com.br with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.03) id AF95F040106; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 22:32:05 +03d00 Message-ID: <3686DD7C.B95CB407@netshell.vicosa.com.br> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:23:08 -0200 From: Gustavo Vieira G C Rios X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Reza Amiri CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xterm problem References: <3686B186.46A96CF0@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i believe you are running xterm from a console terminal, not A X session Install X first!! Reza Amiri wrote: > > Hi: > I have installed FreeBSD2.2.1 on my computer with a dedicated storage > area for it. My computer is pentium with SCSI drivers. When I logging as > a user or root and type xterm I get this error message "xt error: can't > open the display". > > Please let me know how I can fix this problem. > > Thank you and have a very nice holiday. > > Reza Amiri > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ " ... Overall we've found FreeBSD to excel in performace, stability, technical support, and of course price. Two years after discovering FreeBSD, we have yet to find a reason why we switch to anything else" -David Filo, Yahoo! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message