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RE: Cannot open display problem?
- Subject: RE: Cannot open display problem?
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 06:46:33 -0400
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Yeah, I remember your fix ;-) but at my home PC I have a NIC for Cable
Modem
and a Connexant modem. A properly configured network should not cause this
problem.
You could have multiple modems and NICs in the same PC if everything is
properly configured.
Suhaib
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Greiner [mailto:jeremy@win1.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:13 AM
> To: Patrick Hung
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Cannot open display problem?
>
>
> I had this problem as far as I remember we established that it was a
> networking issue .. most likely a conflict between NIC and
> modem .. I fixed
> it (inderectly) by reisntalling win2k the only differences
> where lack of a
> modem .. so that is why i think it is a NIC and modem issue
> .. if you have a
> modem (or maybe 2 NICS) try seeing if connecting to the
> internet (or having
> both NICS connected) and get your IP and connect through that..
> -jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Hung
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:04 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Cannot open display problem?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am still getting "cannot open display" error message with
> Windows ME when
> I use xterm, xhost, ... As described by others, I can run
> xterm, twm, etc.
> from the other machines (Sun, Windows 98, etc.) but not from
> the local host
> (Windows ME). I am using cygwin1.dll from 4/14 snapshot and
> 4/14 xfree
> binaries. X is started with the following command.
>
> start XWin -engine 1 -screen 0 1024x768x16 -ac
>
> Please ignore this message if you are still working on this problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick
>