Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0

Suhaib Siddiqi ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com
Thu Jul 19 03:51:00 GMT 2001


Search the mail archives.  This problem had been answered at least OVER 100
times.  You need a latest cygwin1.dll from a snapshot.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gene Cheung [ mailto:koolkatte@hotmail.com ]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:42 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
> 
> hi.
> 
> i d/l and installed cygwin/xfree no problem on winME. everything
> works fine,
> even xwin was executed w/ no problem. but somehow the display is
> screwed up,
> so none of the xterms can be started. i tried the "export
> DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0", but i keep getting the following error
> message:
> 
> Error: Can't open display: 127.0.0.1:0.0
> 
> I tried to use the host ipaddress too and it still doesn't work.
> any ideas?
> help!
> 
> thanx!
> 
> gene
> 
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