From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 16 18:45:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D15516A41C for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:45:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net (smtp4.suscom.net [64.78.119.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E8443D45 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:45:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gerard-seibert@suscom.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A9C150141 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:45:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp4.suscom.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.suscom.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 11704-01-24 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:45:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Gerard.suscom.net (ip148.217.susc.suscom.net [216.45.217.148]) by smtp4.suscom.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 08C421500D1 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:45:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:45:18 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Gerard Seibert To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: X-X-Sender: beerstud@spamcop.net@mail.cesmail.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at suscom.net Subject: DISPLAY problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gerard Seibert List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:45:22 -0000 I am attempting to use the following combination of commands. $ export DISPLAY=":0.0" $ xhost +local: $ boinc -allow_remote_gui_rpc & $ boincmgr After the second command, I receive this error message: xhost: unable to open display "0.0" I am not sure what I am doing wrong, or if this will even work. I have FreeBSD 5.4 loaded. -- Ciao Gerard Seibert gerard-seibert@suscom.net