Running xterm on localhost with XWin

Harold Hunt huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Sep 24 13:57:00 GMT 2002


Mario,

Just follow the User's Guide instructions:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using-remote-apps.html

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Mario Ohnewald
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 5:46 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Running xterm on localhost with XWin
> 
> 
> Hello!
> Should this not work:?
> 
> 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



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