NO BUDDY...IT DID NOT WORK. WHEN I SAY export $DISPLAY, IT RETURNS WITH A
LOT OF STATEMENTS. BUT echo $DISPLAY does not return any value
Regards,
Ajay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saju.R.Pillai [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 4:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [LIH] VNC]
>
> Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> > * Raghuraj, Ajay [linux-india] <11/06/01 16:01 +0500>:
> >
> > > I did all what u asked me to do. But when i say " echo $DISPLAY" , it
> > > returns no value. When i run xinitrc it says unable to open display.
> >
>
> __snip__
>
> a minor goof up on my part. I didnot mean $DISPLAY, I meant DISPLAY only
> i.e
>
> prompt> set DISPLAY = yourmachine.domain.com:0
> prompt> export DISPLAY
>
> if you do a echo $DISPLAY you will see the correct value. __merci__ I was
> thinking about DISPLAY variable and was automatically prepending the $.
> Just
> try the above steps, it will work
>
> __snip__
>
> > Put this in your xinitrc or someplace ...
> > export DISPLAY=yourmachine.domain.com:0
> >
> > Dont export $DISPLAY=whatever - it wont work.
>
> If you put that statement in your xinitrc, then you have to edit your
> xinitrc every time you connect from different workstations.
> Infact you are binding X to one machine by doing this. It would be better
> if
> you put a line to that effect in your .profile
>
> Cheers
> __srp
>
>
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