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Re: Running X clients with MI/X
- To: TONY at exor-rd dot com (Tonko Juricic)
- Subject: Re: Running X clients with MI/X
- From: Arlindo da Silva <dasilva at woodmore dot gsfc dot nasa dot gov>
- Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 10:20:37 -0400 (EDT)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
>
> Thanks Arlindo,
>
> Yes I have dial-up network installed. In fact, I use this PC to
> access Internet via modem and I downloaded MI/X that way.
>
> Since I have no LAN installed, but *only* dial-up TCP/IP,
> Windows 95 doesn't show "Identification" tab in Network
> setup dialog which means that I can not give a name to
> my computer and then I assume default name like "My Computer".
>
Oh, if you are refering top the DYSPLAY variable, you must use
localhost. Add to your autoexec.bat:
set DISPLAY=localhost:0.0
> What happens now, when I launch X client, is that Dialing
> dialog appears, asking me to connect to my ISP, same as if
> I started Web browser.
The same happens to me, just hit cancel.
> Then, whether I connect to my ISP or
> just press CANCEL, X client comes back with an error:
> Can not open display My Computer:0
> where I set display to "My COmputer" in AUTOEXEC.BAT.
>
Use localhost instead.
Arlindo.
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