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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 1998 21:31:47 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Java apps like ICQ and JavaWorkshop need DISPLAY != ":0.0"
Message-ID:  <199807290331.VAA24486@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <35BE68FD.58BF71AD@partitur.se>
References:  <35BE68FD.58BF71AD@partitur.se>

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> I've had trouble running Java Workshop and ICQ on our workstations. jws
> just sits there waiting for something, and ICQ won't connect.
.....
> By default, the display variable is set to ":0.0", which is usually
> fine. But, when setting the DISPLAY variable to something more specific
> than :0.0, like localhost:0.0 or hostname:0.0, ICQ and JavaWorkshop
> suddenly start working! Is this a well knows fact?

If you're running an older version of -current this is a known bug that
was fixed recently.  Local 'sockets' were broken, but remote ones
weren't.  If this is the case it's not a Java problems but instead a
FreeBSD problem that can be fixed by upgrading your system.


Nate

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