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Re: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
- From: Michel Bardiaux <mbardiaux at peaktime dot be>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:19:01 +0200
- Subject: Re: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
- Organization: Peaktime Belgium S.A.
- References: <000001c263af$3169f750$350aa8c0@W2KDP>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Mario Ohnewald wrote:
>
> Hello!
> Should this not work:?
No.
>
> XWin -screen 0 640 480 & # open X
> set DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 # set Display
> xterm.exe # run app. wich should appar in X
>
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
>
> Cheers, Mario
With csh, use setenv, not set
With bash, use export after set
HaND,
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Michel Bardiaux
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Tel : +32 2 790.29.41