Thanks for the response, "echo $DISPLAY" returns
:0 which I guess is the local display, so I suppose it is fine... I am running no virtual machines so don't know if I need to set an ipaddress do I? On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:27 PM, Sumanth Sathyanarayana <suma...@onlab.us>wrote: > Hi Ignacio, > > If your DISPLAY is not set (echo $DISPLAY nothing comes), > you should try setting it. > Please set it something like below: > export DISPLAY=<ipaddress of your operating sys>:0.0 > and try if xterm opens! > > Cheers > Sumanth > > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Ignacio Garita > <ignacio.gar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am trying to complete the openflow tutorial ( >> http://www.openflow.org/wk/index.php/OpenFlow_Tutorial). I am running >> Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and did the native install instructions on the mininet >> page, using git clone. I already have wireshark, pox, and other programs >> installed (working succesfully). In the README.md file, I get I am running >> Version 2.0.0 of Mininet. >> >> When I get to a part of the tutorial in which I execute this: >> >> mininet> xterm h1 h2 h3 >> >> Xterm windows just don't open or spawn. >> >> Previously I executed >> >> >sudo mn --topo single,3 --mac --switch ovsk --controller remote >> >> and the rest of the instructions. (so the nodes are there). >> >> When in a normal Ubuntu terminal I type >> >> xterm >> >> An xterm window opens, so I think Xserver is running and xterm is >> working. It is the "pseudo" xterm used by mininet that seems failing, this >> on Ubuntu 12.04 (no virtual machines...). >> >> I tried this on a previous version of mininet , and the xterm windows did >> spawn, but on the newer version, it seems they are not wokring. I tried >> this on two different computers running Ubuntu 12.04, to no avail. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Ignacio Garita >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openflow-discuss mailing list >> openflow-discuss@lists.stanford.edu >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/openflow-discuss >> >> >
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