problem with opening DISPLAY

[Arturus Magi]

Dahlia1@aol.com wrote:
> I have just installed cygwin/x and have the problem of "cannot open Display 
> 127.0.0.1:0.0.
> 
> Looking at the FAQ, it seems to be a problem with my firewall, which is 
> McAffee Personal Firewall 4, which i use to protect my broadband Connection. Has 
> anyone had the same problem, and is there a solution?. It must be very common 
> now with broadband

Give XWin.exe and any X programs you use permission to access IP 
127.0.0.1 on all ports and protocols, and XWin.exe specifically needs 
server rights under the same conditions.