On 24-Jun-2002 Sivea Key wrote: > HI, > I'm new to Debian and LINUX so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > I am trying to run a simulation program on Debian. It compiles fine (now) but > whenever I try to launch the gui it tells me it can't connect to the display > and that I need to run: export DISPLAY=<machine>:0 [or setenv--I'm in BASH > so I use export] > > Running that command produces no error but also doesn't help. I have tried > using the machine name and also tried using what appeared to be the display > server name. I am not certain I used the actual display server name--where > exactly do I find it and what should it look like? (I used defaults on > everything except the computer name during install and again during > reconfiguration.) > > I haven't yet discovered what man page to specify for more information, none > of the 4 books I have nor the Xfree86 or Debian site have revealed anything > useful as yet. Admitedly, I may be asking the wrong questions. >
In the X session where you want to see the window open a terminal program and type: echo $DISPLAY. Whatever you see as output is what you need to export at the console. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]