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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 09:51:03 -0800
From: Bob McGowan <Robert.McGowan@veritas.com>
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Subject: Re: how to run an x application
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Joel,

You will need to set an environment variable (DISPLAY) or use the
-display argument for the X program.  The value can be either:

	localhost:0.0
	your.host.name:0.0

On my NT machine the hostname is the name in the "Identification" tab of
the network tool in control panel.

The simpler solution is the variable, which you would set in your
.profile:

	export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0

Joel Guerrero wrote:
> 
> I download the precompiled lib, i have the xserver (xwin32), and
> cygwin.  Now i wanna run some x application, but i get this error: can't
> 
> open display.
> I already set the localhost, can anyone help me to run this applcaition?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel GUERRERO
> 
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