xterm error: Can't open display

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: claude [ mailto:ubik@telecomsm.multiarea.ro ] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 6:49 AM
> To: Andrew Markebo
> Cc: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: xterm error: Can't open display
> 
> 
> First I tried to start it by running startxwin.bat at bash 
> prompt, which
> is:
> 
> SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
> SET PATH=%PATH%;\usr\X11R6\bin;\cygwin\bin;\cygwin\usr\bin
> start XWin :0
> start /B xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg 
> black -e bash start /B rxvt -fn "Lucidia Console-12" start /B twm
> 
> then from cmd-prompt and outside the xwindow-window with... 
> wait !, from ouside the xwindow-window (double-clik on it) it 
> works ! ok, but why only this way ?


Double-click on what from outside the xwindows and it works? You neeed to
provide more parameters to Xwin.  Check mail archives
And FAQ etc.  However that has nothing to do with DISPLAY problem.



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> On 23 May 2001, Andrew Markebo wrote:
> 
> > From where do you try to start xterm, cmd-prompt, 
> bash-prompt? Inside 
> > outside the xwinodws-window?
> > 
> >         /Andy
> > 
> > / claude <ubik@telecomsm.multiarea.ro> wrote:
> > | After I start startxwin, xterm won't start because "Can't open
> > | display: 127.0.0.1:0.0" and twm complains about the same 
> thing. The 
> > | X Window is present, empty. What now ?
> > 
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