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Re: Cannot open display problem?



After I started xwin, I tried to run xhost and xterm and get these messages:

> xterm &
[1] 765117
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: TOTORO:0

[1]     Exit 1            xterm
> xhost +
xhost:  unable to open display "TOTORO:0"




----- Original Message -----
From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
To: <cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 3:44 AM
Subject: RE: Cannot open display problem?


>
>
> Try starting xterm from a bash shell, after starting xwin.
> You may have more messages then only "cannot open display".
>
> Suhaib
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Hung [mailto:hung@Umunhum.Stanford.EDU]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:04 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
> >
>



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