I have seen this when DISPLAY is set to localhost:0.0. Try setting it localpc:0.0. For good measure have /etc/hosts with 127.0.0.1 localpc 127.0.0.1 localhost
"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on 10/06/2000 07:30:18 PM Please respond to [email protected] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> cc: Subject: RE: [opendx-users] Running on Windows 2000 with Exceed V6.2 > I am trying to run opendx on Windows 2000 with Exceed v6.2. I have > followed all of the instructions in the readme, but when I start the menu > batch file, I get the error: > > Cannot open connect stream. > TRANS(SocketINETGetAddr): tnamebysocket() failed > TRANS(SocketINETConnect): TRANS(SocketINETGetAddr) () failed > TRANS(Open): transport open failed for tcp/127.0.0.1:0 > Error: Can't open display 127.0.0.1:0.0 > ---------------------------------------------------- > Program finished - Press enter to close the console > > What exactly does this error mean? It means your Exceed has troubles starting X-server. Did you first try to start Exceed X-server then use batch file to start OpenDX? > Just to make it clear, I did copy the > proper files into the exceed directory as well as edit the .bat files so > that they have the right paths in them. Which files you copied to Exceed directory? Suhaib > > Thank you for your help. > > Michael Lasinski
