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RE: Newbie needs help opening browser window.
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:07:21 -0500
- Subject: RE: Newbie needs help opening browser window.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raber Chris [mailto:cpraber@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 11:02 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: Newbie needs help opening browser window.
>
>
> >You can read more about XDMPC at Cygwin/Xfree
> website.
>
> That document shows how to use XDMPC, but not how to
> set it up.
>
It is because you setup XDMCP at UNIX box and most UNIX boxes do this by
default when you install OS. From Cygwin/Xfree you only use to connect.
> >What is your remote shell? CSH or BASH. If it is
> >bash then you need
> >
> >export DISPLAY=your_windows_ip_address:0.0
>
> I am using bash and this is exactly how I am setting
> the DISPLAY variable. It's not working. Netscape sits
> there as a background job but never comes up on my
> XWin? Very wierd.
>
Are you at a remote machine which is behind the firewall or maybe on another
premisses? That might explain the hangs and lags.
Suhaib
> >
> >Suhaib
>
>
>
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