Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:22:29 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "'Edwin Groothuis'" <edwin@mavetju.org>, "'Fabio Andres Miranda'" <fmiranda@metrotel.net.co> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: DISPLAY variable value ? Message-ID: <001601c0b593$39fcc260$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <20010325231930.B471@cgmd76206.chello.nl>
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I tried the same thing a couple of months ago. I was unable to install it on a remote machine. I had to be local on the machine that it was to be installed on, as the installation is graphical. I tried doing it with a remote desktop. No luck. Once I was local on the machine, it installed fine, thn I was able to run it on a remote desktop. Just throwing in my two cents... -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Edwin Groothuis > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:20 PM > To: Fabio Andres Miranda > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: DISPLAY variable value ? > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 11:14:38AM -0500, Fabio Andres Miranda wrote: > > hi, edwin, thanks for reply me, the problem is i dont know > what value to set > > the display > > #setenv DISPLAY=?????? > > If it's your local machine, :0 will be sufficient. > If your logged in to a remote machine, set it to yourhostname:0 > and execute "xhost +remotemachine". > > Edwin > > -- > Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://FatalDimensions.nl.eu.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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