Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 13:56:41 +0300 From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: "Chris F." <theta@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xwindows apps: Can't open display Message-ID: <33DC7AF2.312B@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> References: <199707261902.OAA18226@smtp.gte.net>
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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: > > (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 `hostname:0.0` And if you run Xclients from su, when logined as non-root, you must say xhosts +localhost before su-ing And you question is not for freebsd-ports, it's for freebsd-questions. in archived mailing list > messages. None of them caused any different results. Please copy all > suggestions to me at theta@gte.net. > > Thank you, > Chris
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