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- From: miranda@topaz (Johann Miranda)
- Subject: Re: startx Display problem
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.043435.1779@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:34:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.194436.2347@netcom.com> reubenr@netcom.com (Reuben Regucera) writes:
- >When I enter 'startx', the error message is displayed:
- >
- > Error: Can't open display : :0
- >
- >My /etc/profile contains the statement:
- > DISPLAY=":0"
- ^ ^ Hmmmmmm..... Double quotes? I think not!
-
- > export DISPLAY
- >
- >Any advise/comments is appreciated.
- >
- >TIA
- >--
- >====================================================
- >| Reubenr V Regucera | !,,,/ |
- >| reubenr@netcom.com | H |
- >| mwcbbs!rvrcoh!reubenr | |
- >====================================================
-
- you can always try from your xterm:
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- export DISPLAY=:0.0
-
- which is the same thing.
- Adios. -JEM-
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