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Re: xterm Xt error: Can't open display
"Ben Calvert" <ben.calvert@ams.com> wrote in message OF29710025.9429B63C-ON88256C47.00587392-88256C47.0058B6CF@ams.com">news:OF29710025.9429B63C-ON88256C47.00587392-88256C47.0058B6CF@ams.com...
>
> 1. is X running?
How can I know that ?
> 2. which user is X running as?
The same question
> 3. what machine does it think it's running on? (ie, does it know that
> 127.0.0.1 is your machine? ) i've seen windows installs without 127.0.0.1
> before.
The same question
> 4. if the above seem to be working, try "xhost + 5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI" which
> will allow anyone on that machine to run programs. theoretically :)
Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI ~
$ xhost + 5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI
xhost: unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
>
>
> =====================
> Windows 2000 Professional
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0
> Cygwin/XFree86 4.2.0
> =====================
>
>
> Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI /
> $ which xterm
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>
>
> ###### Attempt-1 ######
>
> Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI ~
> $ set | grep DISPLAY
>
> Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI /
> $ xterm
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
>
>
> ###### Attempt-2 ######
>
> Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX
> $ set | grep DISPLAY
> DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
>
> Administrator@5AT8S8CQEEX4QHI ~
> $ xterm
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
>
>
> What is wrong ?
>
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