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Date:      Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:41:42 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <freebsd@sasknow.com>
To:        Jerry Lei <tylei@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: about Ghostscript
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002082037100.1814-100000@sasknow.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000208182649.46605.qmail@hotmail.com>

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On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Jerry Lei wrote:

> ghostview &
> 
> I got the response like below
> [1]426
> ghostview: cannot open DISPLAY
> [1]  Exit 1     ghostview
> 
> What's up with my ghostscript?
> Thanks for any suggestion.

Hi there,

Ghostscript requires a running X server.  Also, check your DISPLAY
environment variable.  It should contain your IP address, followed by :0
to signify the primary display:

# setenv DISPLAY 1.2.3.4:0

(or, just use the local loopback, 127.0.0.1).

Good luck;

- Ryan

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