From:	dasilva AT woodmore DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva)
Subject:	Re: Running X clients with MI/X
14 Sep 1997 07:46:23 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<199709141420.KAA04426.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References:	<341abf56 DOT exor AT exor-rd DOT com>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	TONY AT exor-rd DOT com (Tonko Juricic)
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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