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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:01:01 +0200
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: "Chris F." <theta@gte.net>
Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Xwindows apps: Can't open display
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On Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 02:02:11PM -0500, Chris F. wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 2.2.2.  When running Xwindows applications I get the
> following error:
> 
> (When I don't set the display variable)
> 
> Error: Can't open display:

This is normal. You gotta set the DISPLAY variable.

> 
> (When I set it to :0)
> 
> Error: Can't open display: :0
> 
> I don't know what I should set my display variable to.  I have tried setting
> it to :0, unix:0, unix:0.0, as they were suggested in archived mailing list
> messages.  None of them caused any different results.  Please copy all
> suggestions to me at theta@gte.net. 

Setting it to :0 should work.

Which X server are you running?

Did you su to some other user? 

> 
> Thank you,
> Chris

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--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de