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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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