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 Message-ID: <19970728100101.34612@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199707261902.OAA18226@smtp.gte.net>; from "Chris F." <theta@gte.net> on Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 02:02:11PM -0500 References: <199707261902.OAA18226@smtp.gte.net>
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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 -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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