Did you start your X? normally, you don't need to export DISPLAY manually if you have X, it should be exported automatically.
Emre CAN wrote: >hi, > >I'm trying to start nam, > >I did "export DISPLAY=localhost:0" and then checked it with "echo $DISPLAY" it >was ok, but I get the "couldn't connect to display "localhost:0" " message... > >please help. > >
