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RE: "unable to open display" in 7/2 build


Edit your startxwin.sh and add as first line

export DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0

By the way if you have a VPN or firewall software, then read FAQ and mail
archive

Suhaib

-----Original Message-----
From: James E. LaBarre [mailto:jamesl@bestweb.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:56 PM
To: 'cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com'
Subject: Re: "unable to open display" in 7/2 build

Here it is.  Actually, this what I ger after I comment out the ssh-eval
line.

==========================================================

$ startxwin.sh
ddxProcessArgument () - screen - argc: 4 i: 1
_XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root
twm:  unable to open display "127.0.0.1:0.0"
xsetroot:  unable to open display '127.0.0.1:0.0'

Administrator@MATERIAL ~
$ Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
mxterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Windows NT/2000
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Allowing PrimaryDD
winDetectSupportedEngines () - DirectDraw4 installed
winDetectSupportedEngines () - Returning, supported engines 0000001f
winSetEngine () - Using Shadow DirectDraw NonLocking
winAdjustVideoModeShadowDDNL () - Using Windows display depth of 16 bits
per pixel
winCreateBoundingWindowWindowed () - WindowClient width 1018 height 714
winAllocateFBShadowDDNL () - lPitch: 2036
winInitVisualsShadowDDNL () - Masks 0000f800 000007e0 0000001f BPRGB 6 d
16
winCreateDefColormap () - Deferring to fbCreateDefColormap ()
mxterm Xt error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0

==========================================================

(and configuration information is: Windows 2000, 256MB memory, Thinkpad
600, NeoMagic MagicGraph128XD
video chipset, 2mb video memory, 1024x768x16 resolution)


Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> 
> Can you post error again.  I deleted your previous mail
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James E. LaBarre [mailto:jamesl@bestweb.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:38 PM
> To: 'cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com'
> Subject: Re: "unable to open display" in 7/2 build
> 
> OK, just tried that, and it only eliminated the first 2 or so lines.
> Everything from "ddxProcessArgument" onwards still appears.
> 
> Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >
> > You are using startxwin.sh?  right?
> > Comment out ssh-eval line with # sign.  Something is wrong with your ssh
> > installation or it is not installed at all.
> >


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