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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:01:31 +0100
From: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk>
To: Anne-Sophie Hombert <as_hombert@ibm.net>
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Subject: Re: can't load display
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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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