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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