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Date:      Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:24:39 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Sam Musallam <s.musallam@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        berkely sd <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960404102408.1790B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <ECS9604031508A@utoronto.ca>

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On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Sam Musallam wrote:

> I get the message "can't open display" whenever I try to run x-window.  What am I 
> doing wrong?

You're trying to run a program on a display you don't have access to, or 
that doesn't exist.  Check your DISPLAY environment variable and make 
sure it's pointing to the right place.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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