From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 9 1:10: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B70883E67 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA01896; Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:41:52 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:41:42 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Jerry Lei Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: about Ghostscript In-Reply-To: <20000208182649.46605.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Jerry Lei wrote: > ghostview & > > I got the response like below > [1]426 > ghostview: cannot open DISPLAY > [1] Exit 1 ghostview > > What's up with my ghostscript? > Thanks for any suggestion. Hi there, Ghostscript requires a running X server. Also, check your DISPLAY environment variable. It should contain your IP address, followed by :0 to signify the primary display: # setenv DISPLAY 1.2.3.4:0 (or, just use the local loopback, 127.0.0.1). Good luck; - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message