Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:21:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Display variable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960605102011.11731C-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <31B44CC8.1EEE@nconnect.net>
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On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Randy DuCharme wrote: > Is there a display variable somewhere that needs to be set (FreeBSD > 2.1)? I encounter the message "unable to open display" (sometimes it's > unable to open display '' or unable to open $DISPLAY ) when I attempt > to run ghostscript, or the fvwm window manager for X, or a few other > apps. I'm new to FreeBSD and UNIX in general and realize I've probably > missed something, but I've been messing around with it, and reading man > pages for 3 weeks now and can't find the answer. DISPLAY should be set when you login. It is on my machine. I'm not on X right now or I'd echo mine. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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