Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:01:31 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> To: Anne-Sophie Hombert <as_hombert@ibm.net> Cc: "FreeBSD (Questions)" <Questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: can't load display Message-ID: <19990615010131.A828@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <000001beb69a$83279220$01010101@ash>; from Anne-Sophie Hombert on Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 09:17:15PM %2B0200 References: <000001beb69a$83279220$01010101@ash>
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On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 09:17:15PM +0200, Anne-Sophie Hombert wrote:
> First, thanks for all your help on the boot with NT.
>
> I promised to come back with more (stupid) questions .. Here I am.
>
> I configured Xfree86 (3.3.3.) on FreeBSD 2.2.8. The startx command works
> fine, but when I try to load any other window manager, I get the message "in
> function main:<<ERROR>> can't open display. xhost return the same mesage
> "unable to open display".
>
> I made a quick search on the archive and found a message saying that I
> should enter this command:
> DISPLAY={hostname} :0.0 ; export DISPLAY
^
^
Is this an e-mail typo? Ther shouldn't be a space here
> .... but what am I suppose to use as {hostname} ?
>
Type ``hostname'' at a shell prompt and it'll tell you
Also, check ``man xhost''
> Could you help me with this one too?
>
HTH
> Thanks,
>
> Anne
>
>
>
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