On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 05:23:03PM +0530, Narinder verma via FreeRDP-devel wrote: > So i ran the following commands, > > > export DISPLAY=10.x.x.x:0.0 > > > xfreerdp /v:10.x.x.x /u:xxxxxx /p:xxxxxxx > > > But i am getting the following error, > > xf_pre_connect: failed to open display: 10.x.x.x:0.0 > Please check that the $DISPLAY environment variable is properly set. > freerdp_pre_connect failed > > *Note*:- I have tried 10.x.x.x:0.1 as well but same result. > > So i needed the exact procedure for using this DISPLAY variable , like what > port needs to be opened,etc. This is more a generic problem with displaying x programs remotely and not specific to xfreerdp.
If you have a x server running you need to make sure it's listening on TCP (the port is usually 6000 + (DISPLAY)) and that it is connectable from the other machine. You can test if this works with every X program. Best regards, Bernhard _______________________________________________ FreeRDP-devel mailing list FreeRDP-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
